• 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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NWT686: Female vocal group

BL:C51/3086
British Library

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone in 1914-15. NWT686 (m on ...[more]

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