How we lived
Classrooms, uniforms, slates and exercise books, exams and school days.
← Everyday lifeThe old Fourah Bay College building, Cline Town 2007
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The Deep Water Quay from Fourah Bay College 2008
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Children with their writing boards at a Qur'an school 2025
Fula children at a Qur'an school, wooden writing boards in hand: the same kind of board Thomas Winterbottom saw in use near Freetown in 1803.
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Boys building a verandah, St George's Cathedral School, Freetown, 1894 1894
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Dr. Milan Kalous (1936-2017) Teacher, Author, Expert on African History (28371617458) Taken in 1968
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Law student D. A. Thomas and student teacher Rosamund Harding, Colonial Centre, London, 1944 1944
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Miss A. Caulker, headmistress, at the London School of Economics, 1946 1946
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A drummer at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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Musicians at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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At a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
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A dance acrobat at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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1960s urban African fashion (2787712654) 1968
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1960s urban african fashion - closeup (2790471246) 1968
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Apartment near Fourah Bay College overlooking Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2066773005) 1968
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Freetown, Sierra Leone (West Africa) from an apartment near Fourah Bay College (2536946628) 1968
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Teacher Beth Avery and her students, Bafodia, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1968 (500247177) 1968
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VW Bus near Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2536939286) 1968
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Madam Gladys Jusu Sheriff Former Librarian of the Fourah Bay College University 1990
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School destroyed by Sierra Leone Civil War 2001–05
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Holy Rosary Secondary Girls School, Pujehun (5529397952) 2010
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Pujehun Community Primary School (5529398476) 2010
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Pujehun Town Community Ecosan (5528810487) 2010
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UDDT at Holy Rosary School at Pujehun (4932036536) 2010
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Holy Rosary primary school Pujehun (6706820345) 2011
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Holy Rosary primary school Pujehun2 (6706820537) 2011
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Holy Rosary primary school Pujehun3 (6706820717) 2011
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Holy Rosary secondary school Pujehun (6706820917) 2011
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Pujehun community school (6706821085) 2011
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Sierra Leone ecosan (Busu Barrie Pujehun)-rear elevation (showing urine outlets and sealed access to composting chambers) (6706821337) 2011
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Sierra Leone ecosan-side elevation ecosan upstairs washing area downstairs (6706821483) 2011
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Yoni Makeni Canteen en route to Outamba-Kilimi Park 2012
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PaulRichards1 2014
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PaulRichards2 2014
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Nelson and Osman Sierra Leone 2015
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Village Huts 2015
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Village school pupils, Rogbesseh 2016
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Sierra Leonean School Girl 2017
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School in Sierra Leone bush 2018
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20190701 112917 Sierra Leone 2019
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Pupils 2021
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Rainbow International Pre-primiary School 2021
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School in Rogbonko, Sierra Leone (April 2021) 2021
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Dr. Richmond Garrick 2024
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A pupil drinking Bitter Leaf water 2025
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Dining Hall and Kitchen Construction 1 2010
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Fourah Bay College, Freetown, postcard early 1930s 1930s
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Boys of Mission School. Rotifunk, Sierra Leone. 1880–93
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Mission School of Mission School. Rotifunk, Sierra Leone. 1880–93
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HEARD(1910) 01 - A.M.E. Sierra Leone Annual Conference , West Africa published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 02 - A.M.E. Missionary Society, Sierra Leone Annual Conference published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 03 - A.M.E. Seminary, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 04 - A.M.E. Day School at Senduga, Sierra Leone published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 05 - Choir New Zion A.M.E. Church, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
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Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2136295008) 1968
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Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone or Liberia at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2158765449) 1968
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Iron Age Protohistoric artefacts from Northeastern Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1764315079) 1968
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"Iron Age" protohistoric water pot from Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1750747411) 1968
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Stone tools from West Africa flaked and polished dolerite celts and "laterite crayons" (lower right) from Kamabai Rock Shelter, Sierra Leone 1968
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Cloth, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
Original title: Fabric, tissue
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