Tamba Taylor
Tamba Taylor, also spelled 'Tailor', (September 1898 – October 2000) was a long-serving paramount chief of the Kissi people, Lofa County, Liberia.[1] Taylor served as part of the collective presidency of Liberia 1995–1997.
Taylor was born on 29 September, 1898, in a Kissi family in Milimalah, Kissi Chiefdom (in present-day Foya District).[1][2] His name was Tamba Lamie Kongor.[1][3] He received no formal education.[1] He later changed his name to 'Taylor', due to his profession as a tailor.[1][3] He would later claim to have sewn clothes for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah.[3]
Taylor became paramount chief in 1957.[3] He served on various national commissions, most notably the National Unification Programme Taylor of President William Tubman.[1] Taylor became popularly known as 'the millionaire of Lofa'.[1] He was rumoured to have had dozens of wives and would have fathered some 200 children.[3]
During Samuel Doe's period as leader of the People's Redemption Council ruling Liberia in the 1980s, Doe sought Taylor's support for the junta government but Taylor did not heed the call.[4]
During the
Taylor died in October 2000.[1][10] He was succeeded as paramount chief by his son Momo S. Taylor.[2] A community hall in Foya District, the Tamba Lamie Taylor Council, is named after Taylor.[11]
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- ^ FrontPage Africa. Liberia: Kosiah ‘Loved Looting’ And Was Called ‘Physical Cash’ Archived 18 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Inquirer. Lofaians Receive Dr. Cassell