How we lived
Food&market
Markets, rice farms, palm oil, fishing and what was cooked at home.
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215 items · page 1 / 3Market day on Sackville Street 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
BEATTY(1915) Fig27 Sierra Leone Protectorate, threshing rice published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
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Woman knotting a net 1930
Original title: Woman, knyta, net
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Five men, one boy clearing in a rice field with various tools 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 098
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Three men in foreground, one in a white garb in background clearing a rice field with tools 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 099
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Clearing and burning the bush from the rice fields, Panguma early 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 100
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Tilling the future rice fields, accompanied by a drummer, Panguma early 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 105
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Drummer pictured at centre of frame in a cleared rice field, smoke rising to the right 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 107
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The dummer who accompanies the work on the rice fields, Panguma early 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 110
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Tilling the future rice fields, Panguma early 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 113
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Clearing and burning the bush from the rice fields, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 133
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Clearing and burning the future rice fields, Panguma early 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 142
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Unidentified man in palm oil field, Panguma, Sierra Leone 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 145
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Unidentified villagers eating and cooking, Panguma, Sierra Leone 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 157
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Landscape foto of rice field 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 197
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Two women working and extracting oil in a palm oil field 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 207
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Farm hut in the main rice farm for cooking and taking shelter from fierce sun or rain, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 208
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Harvesting the rice, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 210
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Palm oil trees, Panguma, Sierra Leone 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 214
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Harvesting the rice, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 216
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Drying the rice, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 239
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Two men, one being the leader of the religious ceremony dividing the ceremonial food 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 248
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Group of men and boys gathered around food, taken from behind 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 256
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Unidentified plant in palm oil field 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 261
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
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Woman extracting oil from the palm kernels, Panguma 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 264
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Man working in a field with palm oil trees 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 275
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
The leader of the religious ceremony dividing the ceremonial food 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 278
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Woman extracting oil from the palm kernels, Panguma late 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 283
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Harvesting the rice fields, Panguma late 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 300
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Man stood centre holding palm oil fruit 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 304
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Man stood centre holding oil palm fruit 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 306
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The leader of the religious ceremony making the ceremonial food 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 326
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
The leader of the religious ceremony making the ceremonial food, a man standing beside him 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 333
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Drying the palm kernels, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 362
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Man and woman standing on the side of the road with fishing nets and wood 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 367
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Woman on the road, returning from fishing and collecting fire wood, Panguma rainy season 1934 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 368
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Part of palm tree, Panguma 1934–36
Original title: SierraLeone Hofstra 399
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Cleaning and burning the bush from the rice fields, Panguma early 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeoneHofstra2.11
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
The drummer who accompanies the work on the rice fields, Panguma (Sierra Leone), early 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeoneHofstra2.15
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Women returning from fishing and collecting fire wood, Panguma (Sierra Leone), rainy season 1934 1934
Original title: SierraLeoneHofstra4.1
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Farm hut in the main rice farm for cooking and taking shelter from fierce sun or rain, Panguma (Sierra… 1934
Original title: SierraLeoneHofstra4.12
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Sierra Leone 1944 approx . Woman husking rice (3134619748) 2008
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Mandingo children with freshly-caught bats from a cave on Kufan Mountain above Balandugu, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (411554154) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Neighbour cooking, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (486806722) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Kenema-Market 2005
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Sierra Leone rice farmer 2006
Laura Lartigue · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Fishing boat in Port Loko river - Feb 2011 - panoramio 2010
Ghassan Mroue · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
HFLISL Fishing Boats 2011
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Cooking Fire Outamba Kilimi Park Sierra Leone 2012
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Rice fields on the road to Outamba-Kilimi in Sierra Leone 2012
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Tarpon fishing 2012
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Rice Farm - panoramio (1) 2013
Ghassan Mroue · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Rice Farm - panoramio (2) 2013
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Untitled - panoramio - Ghassan Mroue (2) 2013
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Untitled - panoramio - Ghassan Mroue (4) 2013
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Boiled beans 2014
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Boiled Beef 2014
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Dinner is served 2014
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Ebeh 2014
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Hard cakes 2014
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