Fourah Bay

The Oku people, an ethnic group predominantly of Yoruba descent, make up the majority of the population of Fourah Bay.

Fourah Bay is also home to a prominent minority of Salafi Muslims, a deeply conservative branch within Sunni Islam.

Fourah Bay College was founded here in the nineteenth century by the British and settlers, to serve the new communities of Freetown and others.

He was a very close ally and personal friend of Sir Milton Margai, Sierra Leone's first prime minister after independence.

Other notable politicians from Fourah Bay include Abdul Tejan Cole, Haja Afsatu Kabba and Madina Rahman.