The names are in Kono, but the traps are the same wherever cutting-grass, squirrels, rats, porcupines and deer are found.
Colourful slogans taken from lorries all over Sierra Leone, recorded between 1979 and 1982. A new version will be published soon. Compiled by Peter C. Andersen.
The seasonal guidelines farmers use in Kono District when laying a farm. Peter C. Andersen, from accounts by Kono farmers.
The times of the day, as told by the sun. By Peter C. Andersen.
The January 1978 revision of Peace Corp's Krio Language Manual.
A colonial-era phrase book published by the Bumumbu Press to help Mende speakers learning English. It can, however, also be used by English speakers trying to learn to speak Mende.
Someone once wrote that Sierra Leonean food "has yet to take its place among the great cuisines of the world." Here are the recipes to prove otherwise!