Directories
Find friends and family members living in Sierra Leone and abroad. More

Photos
Photos of present day Sierra Leone, and pictures reflecting this country's history. More

 

 

 

 

 

History in Photographs

Historic Lisk-Carew postcards of Sierra Leone, from the Gary Schulze Collection.

Postcards of Sierra Leone

Postcards, many of them a century old, of Freetown and the Protectorate.

Sierra Leonean Heroes

Sierra Leonean Heroes: Fifty Men and Women Who Helped to Build Our Nation (1988). Commissioned by the Sierra Leone government.

The Amistad Revolt

(Link) Arthur Abraham's pamphlet, "The Amistad Revolt: An Historical Legacy of Sierra Leone and the United States." Published by the U.S. Information Service.

Freetown in 1848

The ethnic makeup of the Freetown colony in 1848.

Governor Clarkson's Prayer for Sierra Leone

This prayer by Sierra Leone's first governor-general still hangs today in many homes in Freetown.

Conflict and the Road to Peace

Ceasefire agreements and peace accords, photos, TRC testimony, and documents from the Government of Sierra Leone, the Revolutionary United Front, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, and others.