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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Chiefs Horn

An ivory horn with a diamond shaped mouth piece, and a band of raised squares. Horns of this kind were often called war horns but a chiefs horn is a m...

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Limba Tami Society song

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Limba Tami Society song, accompanied by both big and very small inkali, ban, horn, whistle...

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Limba Tami Society song