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Bɔku pan dɛn ya na kɔlonial ɔfisa, mishɔnari ɛn fɔrina dɛn mek dɛn. Di nem ɛn di tɔk we de wit dɛn kɔmɔt na di kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn, ɛn sɔm kin gɛt di aydia ɛn wɔd dɛn fɔ da tɛm de. Wi sho dɛn as istri, nɔto se wi gri wit dɛn.
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Klɔt, drɛs, ed, os ɛn myuzik
Wetin pipul dɛn na ya bin de mek wit dɛn yon an, bifo ɛn wit di kɔlɔni: kɔntri klɔt we dɛn spin, wiv ɛn day; gara, lɛk di wan dɛn we Kadiato Kamara mek; aw dɛn bin de plet ed ɛn wetin dɛn bin de wɛr pan am; aw dɛn bin de bil tɔŋ, frɔm di ston os dɛn na ol Yagala to Mɛnde rawnd os ɛn di bari usay dɛn de yɛri kes; ɛn wetin dɛn bin de ple myuzik wit, frɔm Sapi aivri ɔn to wan haap-lut we dɛn nɔ de mek igen ɛn di drɔm we bin de kip tɛm na di rays fam. Nɔ bɔku foto nɔ de frɔm bifo 1800, so di ol ol pruf na tin dɛn (di Sowei mask dɛn sho aw uman dɛn bin de plet ed da tɛm de) ɛn ol bil we dɔn pwel. Bɔku pan dɛn ya na pipul frɔm ɔdasay bin gɛda am, tek di foto ɔ drɔ am, frɔm wan slev tred ejɛnt na di 1780 dɛn to kɔlɔnial ɔfisa ɛn kɔlɛkta frɔm ɔda kɔntri, ɛn wetin dɛn pik fɔ rɛkɔd sho dɛn yon rizin, nɔto wi yon; di Lisk-Carew brɔda dɛn na Fritɔŋ yon fotograf. We wi put rɛkɔd ya, dat nɔ min se wi gri wit di pɔsin we mek am ɔ wit wetin i biliv. Foto dɛn bɔt Bundu ɛn Poro de biɛn wan notis. If yu no dɛn ples ya, dɛn wok ya ɔ dɛn pipul ya, tɛl wi.
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Di Hofstra foto dɛn
Wan Dɔch antropolojist, Sjoerd Hofstra, bin de na Panguma, wan Mɛnde tɔng na Lower Bambara chiefdom na di ist, frɔm 1934 to 1936, fɔ lan bɔt aw pipul dɛn de liv, wok ɛn di sosayti dɛn. I tek foto fɔ wan ol ia: we dɛn de brɔsh ɛn plant rays fam, we dɛn de gɛda pam kɛnɛl, wiv, dɛbul ɛn bɛrin, ɛn di pipul dɛn na di tɔng, sɔm wit dɛn nem. Wi put dɛn ya bay wetin dɛn sho, ɛn foto dɛn we tan lɛk dɛnsɛf de togɛda; bɔku pan di pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt nem yet. If yu no Panguma, ɔ yu no pɔsin, tɛl wi.
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Head (Temne or Bullom) 12th–16th century
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Seated Figure (Temne or Bullom peoples) 12th–16th century
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Seated male figure (Temne or Bullom peoples) 12th–16th century
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Head (Temne or Bullom peoples) 12th–16th century
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sapi-style carver) possibly early 1400s
Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sapi-style carver artist · Public domain (CC0) · Cleveland Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Figure of a Man Holding a Crocodile 15th century or earlier
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Figure of a Man Holding a Crocodile 15th century or earlier
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Hunting horn, Sapi-Portuguese style, Bullom or Temne peoples, Sierra Leone, Late 15th century, Ivory, metal (2922770551) late 1400s
Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Western Africa, from Senegal to Benin (Stefano Bonsignori) 1580
Stefano Bonsignori 1589 – cartographer (Italian) Born in Firenze. Died in Firenze. Details on Google Art Project · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Governor John Thomas's house in Sierra Leone, mid-17th century, artist's recreation 1853
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Di riva ɛn mawnten dɛn na Salone / Villault de Bellefonds 17th century
Villault, Nicolas. Cartographe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Male figure, Undetermined peoples, used by Kissi peoples, Guinea, Possibly 16th to 17th century, Stone, pigment (2922769899)
Cliff from I now live in Arlington, VA (Outside Washington DC), USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The coast of Sierra Leone, Johannes Blaeu, 1662 1662
Johannes Blaeu Original uploader was Jan Arkesteijn at nl.wikipedia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Di kiŋdɔm dɛn na Gini, Jolof ɛn Salone. R 2= 22. Pis 15 1664
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Di kiŋdɔm dɛn na Gini, Jolof ɛn Salone 1686–1719
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Di bay na Salone; aw di ɛntrɛns na di bay tan / Dheulland kɔv am 1700–99
Dheulland, Guillaume (17..?-177.). Graveur · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A view of Freetown 1803
Thomas Masterman Winterbottom · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Regent's Town c. 1820
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Free Town, Sierra Leone 1850
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Freetown from the water c. 1856
John Leighton Wilson or an uncredited artist employed or licensed by him · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Pademba Road 1856
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The New Burial Ground 1860
Julia Sass · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Freetown from the hills c. 1892
Robert Brown · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Plan of Free Town 1885
J. T. F. Halligey (catalogued by the BnF as J. T. F. Wallace) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Cotton Tree, Bungalow Train 1910s
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Lisk-Carew Bros. studio, Freetown 1938
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Market day on Sackville Street 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Freetown rooftops 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Kroo Town Road 1911
William H. Heard · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A building on the waterfront c. 1911
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Bai Bureh 1898
Lieutenant Arthur Greer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Troops embarking at Freetown for Douala 1914
Agence Rol · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Cotton Tree 1970
Batobureh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Looking over the city 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Freetown and the harbour 1967–68
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Young woman, Freetown 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Law Courts and the Cotton Tree 1984
Brian Harrington Spier · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
President John F. Kennedy Meets with the Ambassador of Sierra Leone, Dr. Richard E. Kelfa-Caulker 1961
Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
President John F. Kennedy Meets with William H. Fitzjohn, Charge d'Affairs of Sierra Leone 1961
Abbie Rowe. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
President John F. Kennedy meets with William H. Fitzjohn, Charge d'Affairs of Sierra Leone 1961
Cecil Stoughton. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Cotton Tree 2007
Christian Trede · CC BY-SA 2.0 de · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The stump, two years after the fall 2025
Smoking Tyre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The King's Yard gateway 2016
danbjoseph @ Mapillary.com · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
St. John's Maroon Church 2016
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The Maroon flag outside St. John's 2017
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St. George's Cathedral 2016
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The old Fourah Bay College building, Cline Town 2007
Jared & Melanie & Huxley Ponchot · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Deep Water Quay from Fourah Bay College 2008
mifl68 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Views of the capital, including the law courts.
Huntley Film Archives (film 93346) · © Huntley Film Archives, embedded from YouTube · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Sɔntin rɔng?
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