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Shuku Blai

Shuku Blai is the Temme name of a type of basket used throughout Sierra Leone in which miscellaneous objects are kept safe. In this section of SierraLeoneHeritage.org you will find a miscellany of online resources relating to Sierra Leone’s culture and heritage.

Sierra Leone Culture and Heritage

  • [Re:]Entanglements (project concerned with 1914-15 anthropological survey of Sierra Leone)
  • Chad Finer Blog (Sierra Leone 1968-70)
  • Gary Schulze Historic Postcard Collection
  • Gbaku (John Atherton) Flickr Site
  • Nikiibu Notebook (website devoted to Salia Koroma)
  • Sierra Leonean Heroes
  • Village Names
  • British Pathé (historical newsreel footage)
  • University of Pennsylvania Museum "Sherbro 1936-37" Exhibition
  • Ross Archive of African Images

Sierra Leone General

  • BBC Country Profile
  • CIA World Factbook Entry
  • Lonely Planet Sierra Leone Guide
  • Sierra Leone High Commission, UK
  • Sierra Leone Web
  • Government of Sierra Leone State House
  • Sierra Leone Embassy, USA
  • Sierra Leone National Tourist Board

Reanimating Cultural Heritage Partners

  • Balanta Academy of Music
  • Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove
  • British Library
  • British Museum
  • Glasgow Museums
  • iEARN Sierra Leone
  • Institute of Archaeology, University College London
  • School of Informatics, University of Sussex
  • Sierra Leone National Museum
  • Talking Drum Studio
  • World Museum Liverpool

Reanimating Cultural Heritage Funders

  • Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK
  • Beyond Text AHRC Programme

Sierra Leone Heritage

  • [email protected]

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