Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement (also known as 'Dawoh' ('the pot')) was a political party in Sierra Leone , led by Paramount Chief from Kono , Tamba Sungu Mbriwa . The party was founded in 1958, through the merger of the Kono Progressive Movement and the Sierra Leone Independence Movement . The objective of the party was, according to its founding declaration, to "prosecute more vigorously a political campaign for national unity and independence."
6-562: Kono Mannda , the mouthpiece of the erstwhile KPM, became the organ of the SLPIM in Kono. The party suffered from repression from the government, SLST and Paramount Chiefs . In September 1960, Mbriwa was jailed for six months. In February 1961, Mbriwa was elected Paramount Chief of Fiama Chiefdom. In 1962 an alliance was declared between SLPIM and the All People's Congress . One day after
12-745: The Oppenheimers ( De Beers ) invested in CAST and its subsidiaries from the 1920s and had boardroom representation, CAST was independent of the Oppenheimer empire . SLST corporation which had exclusive mineral mining rights in Sierra Leone beginning in 1935 was scheduled to last for 99 years. In 1955, the SLST abandoned mineral mining and settled on mining the Yengema and Tongo Fields. However, with
18-644: The SLPIM. This article about a political party in Sierra Leone is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sierra Leone Selection Trust The Sierra Leone Selection Trust was formed in 1934 following an agreement between the government of British Sierra Leone and the Consolidated African Selection Trust Ltd (CAST). CAST was formed in 1924 and was part of a much larger mining finance house Selection Trust Ltd which had been founded in 1913 by Alfred Chester Beatty (an American mining magnate). Although
24-585: The SLPP. Three of the four SLPIM MPs, S. L. Matturi, D. S. Bockari and G. W. Mani, joined the SLPP. Leading figures who remained with SLPIM, such as the family of T.R. Foyoh , went into exile. In the mid-1960s the SLPIM was dissolved by Mbriwa. The sole remaining SLPIM Member of Parliament, S.H. Gandi Capio, joined the APC. In July 1965 the Democratic People's Congress was formed by some remaining elements of
30-479: The announcement, President Albert Margai dismissed Mbriwa. In the election SLPIM obtained 5.2% of the national vote and four seats (all from Kono). Outside of Kono, the candidates of the party fared poorly. In 1963 the Sierra Leone People's Party began pressurizing the SLPIM parliamentarians to join the government bloc. The alliance with APC was broken and the party was divided on how to relate to
36-499: The creation of the Sierra Leonean parastatal National Diamond Mining Company in 1971, the diamond company was effectively nationalized, ending the SLST in Sierra Leone. This Sierra Leone –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This African corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a mining-related corporation or company
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