▁an ▁oppon ent ▁of ▁ ▁colonial ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁British . ▁He ▁exerc ised ▁strong ▁influence ▁over ▁all ▁Sher bro ▁chief s . ▁Part ▁of ▁his ▁fame ▁rest ed ▁in ▁his ▁per vas ive ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁P oro ▁Secret ▁Society ▁to ▁opp ose ▁the ▁British ▁colonial ists . ▁He ▁was ▁considered ▁so ▁powerful ▁that , ▁while ▁B ai ▁B ure h ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁return ▁from ▁ex ile ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 8 ▁Reb ell ion , ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁in ▁ex ile ▁in ▁the ▁Gold ▁Coast ▁( now ▁Gh ana ), ▁where ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁leadership ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁in ▁Sher bro ▁Island ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁Province ▁of ▁British ▁Sierra ▁Le one ▁to ▁a ▁polit ically ▁dominant ▁family ▁of ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁arist ocracy . ▁His ▁grand father , ▁B ai ▁Kong ▁K uba ▁Lewis ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁dominant ▁king ▁among ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁people . ▁Kong ▁K uba ▁Lewis ▁ ▁signed ▁a ▁treat y ▁c eding ▁Sher bro ▁country ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 , ▁but ▁the ▁British ▁did ▁not ▁exercise ▁any ▁direct ▁authority ▁over ▁the ▁Sher b ros ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁century . ▁K p ana ▁Lewis ▁assumed ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁the ▁Sher bro ▁people ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁after ▁his ▁father ▁died . ▁As ▁a ▁leader , ▁K p ana ▁Lewis