Sierra Leone Heritage

Sande society dancers, Tuiyor, Fiama Chiefdom, Kono District

Mural depicting Manga Sewa, Falaba, Solimana Chiefdom, Koinadugu District

Ruins of the 'slave fort' on Bunce Island in the Sierra Leone River

Ndoli jowei and elders, Moyambawo, Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba District

Plantain Island, site of slave barracoons associated with John Newton, author of 'Amazing Grace'

Members of the Firestone community, Mountain Cut, Freetown

Mathoma masquerade, National Dance Troupe of Sierra Leone

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Country Cloth

This is a contemporary piece of country cloth, that entered the British Museum in 2002. Country cloth is a thick, heavy, cloth, traditionally made fro...

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Sherbro/Mende Drumming

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. The sangbai is a conical drum with one skin and a rattling or buzzing extension. It is pla...

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