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Bai T. Moore

Died in 1988

Bai Tamia Moore was born in Dimeh, some thirty kilometres from Monrovia, in 1916 according to most sources; of Vai and Gola descent, he said he was Vai. A pupil at a mission school and initiated into the Poro, he left for the United States in 1929 and studied at Virginia Union University. Back in 1941, he collected the tales of his country, headed the bureau of agriculture, took part in 1962 in the standardisation of Vai writing, founded the national cultural centre and was put in charge of culture and tourism. He died on 10 January 1988.

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