The small town of Kasseh is widely known throughout Sierra Leone  for being the birthplace of one of West Africa's greatest indigenous leader and Sierra Leone's greatest leader, Bai Bureh, who led the Temne people of Northern Sierra Leone in an uprising against British rule in 1898.
Kasseh is widely known throughout Sierra Leone for being the birthplace of one of West Africa's most distinguished indigenous leaders and a significant figure in Sierra Leonean history, Bai Bureh. He led the Temne people in an uprising against British rule in 1898.