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Harry Johnston

1858–1927 · 20th century · Also known as Sir Harry Johnston

Sir Harry Johnston was a British explorer and colonial administrator. As vice-consul in the Niger Delta he deported King Jaja of Opobo in 1887. As commissioner of British Central Africa from 1891 he fought the Yao and Swahili chiefs around Lake Malawi, founding Nyasaland, and as special commissioner in Uganda he negotiated the Buganda Agreement of 1900.

Harry Johnston
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Makanjira ChiefdomJumbe State of NkhotakotaKingdom of OpoboOil Rivers ProtectorateBritish Central Africa ProtectorateUganda ProtectorateNyasaland

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