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Massaquoi, Momolu, 1870?-1938

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Personal name headingMassaquoi, Momolu, 1870?-1938
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Variant(s)Massaquoi, Momulu, 1870?-1938
Momolu IV, 1870?-1938
Associated countryLiberia
Associated placeGermany United States
Birth date1870?
1869-12-06
Death date1938-06-15
Place of birthKpasalo (Liberia)
Field of activityVai language--Writing
Profession or occupationVai (African people)--Kings and rulers Diplomats Politicians
Found inSmyke, Raymond J. The first African diplomat, c2004: t.p. (Momolu Massaquoi) p. 43, etc. (b. 1870?, Kpasalo, Liberia; d. June 15, 1938)
The Vai people and their syllabic writing, 1911: title page (Momolu Massaquoi)
Massaquoi, Fatima. The autobiography of an African princess, 2013: page 6 (the Massaquois became kings of Jayaloh, variously known as Jayaloh, Massaquoi, the Gallinas, even Jaiahun in British colonial records; Vai country; family kingdoms, though strongest of the kings sometimes became king of the whole of the Vai country, a position frequently held by the Massaquoi family) page 7 (the author's father, Momolu IV; Momolu Massaquoi; educated at Central Tennessee College; king over the Gallinas) page 150 (Momulu Massaquoi)
Wikipedia, Jan. 29, 2018 (Momulu Massaquoi; Liberian politician and diplomat, and a prince of the Vai tribe of Sierra Leone and Liberia; served as Liberia's consul general to Germany 1922-1930; born 6 December 1869; died June 15, 1938)
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