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Ol foto, stamp ɛn fim · to 1561

Beforetheslavetrade

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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. Na kɔmpyuta put di det, di tɛm ɛn di kayn fɔ ɛni foto, so sɔm go rɔng. If yu ɔ yu fambul de insay wan foto, if na yu gɛt di rayt fɔ wan, if sɔntin rɔng, ɔ if yu tink se wan foto nɔ fɔ de ya, prɛs “Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto” ɔnda am: di tin we yu rayt go rich wi ɛditɔ dɛn wit di foto, ɛn dɛn kin pul am wantɛm. Yu kin rayt to hello@dt-ets.com.

№ 01

Bifo dɛn bigin rayt

Ston tul frɔm rɔk ol, nomoli we pipul fɛn na fam, ayɛn smɛlta, ɛn di aivri kav dɛn we Sapi atis mek fɔ Pɔtigi tredman dɛn na di 1400 ɛn 1500 dɛn.

Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sapi-style carver) — 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 — 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) — 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

Spoon with figure (Temne or Bullom) — Spoon with figure (Temne or Bullom) ca. 1490–1530
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Lidded saltcellar (Temne or Bullom peoples) — Lidded saltcellar (Temne or Bullom peoples) ca. 1490–1530
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Saltcellar Base (Temne or Bullom peoples) — Saltcellar Base (Temne or Bullom peoples) ca. 1490–1530
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Oliphant (side-blown horn) (Temne or Bullom peoples) — Oliphant (side-blown horn) (Temne or Bullom peoples) ca. 1490–1530
Temne or Bullom artist(s) · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Sapi ivory horn (oliphant), c. 1490–1510 — Sapi ivory horn (oliphant), c. 1490–1510
Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Ivory pyx carved by a Sapi artist in Sierra Leone for Portuguese traders, 1490–1530 — Ivory pyx carved by a Sapi artist in Sierra Leone for Portuguese traders, 1490–1530 1490–1530
Anonymous ( Sierra Leone ) Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (1) — Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (1)
Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (2) — Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (2)
Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (3) — Afro-Portuguese ivory horn, Sherbro, c. 1500–25 (3)
Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 02

Tɔŋ, strit ɛn bil

Usay pipul bin de liv: strit, makit, os, chɔch ɛn mɔsk, ɛn di vilej dɛn ɔp kɔntri.

Close-up of the remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1891925947) — Close-up of the remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1891925947) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1967 68 (402035543) — Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1967 68 (402035543) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (402035324) — Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (402035324) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Remains of stone-walled houses at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1892780770) — Remains of stone-walled houses at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1892780770) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Rocks and Vegetation at the hilltop site of Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1936858390) — Rocks and Vegetation at the hilltop site of Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1936858390) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Yagala (new town) from Kakeleia, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (860243542) — Yagala (new town) from Kakeleia, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (860243542) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 03

Fam, it ɛn tred

Rays fam, pamayl ɛn kɛnɛl, fishin nɛt ɛn trap, kuk, shɔp, main ɛn makit: di wok we fid di kɔntri.

Dominic (centre) and me resting in a banana grove after cutting a new trail down the mountain from Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1 — Dominic (centre) and me resting in a banana grove after cutting a new trail down the mountain from Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Bored Stones from Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2422090592) — Bored Stones from Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2422090592) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Limba hunters trap south of Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1694996394) — Limba hunters trap south of Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1694996394) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Palm nuts waiting to be processed near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1892479464) — Palm nuts waiting to be processed near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1892479464) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Young boy learning how to make stone tools, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1968 (1127757541) — Young boy learning how to make stone tools, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1968 (1127757541) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Kimberlite (Koidu Kimberlite Complex, Jurassic; Yengema-Koiu area, eastern Sierra Leone, West Africa) — Kimberlite (Koidu Kimberlite Complex, Jurassic; Yengema-Koiu area, eastern Sierra Leone, West Africa)
James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Stone-lined pit, probably for extracting palm oil, near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1679217561) — Stone-lined pit, probably for extracting palm oil, near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1679217561) Photographed 1967 or 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Kimberlite (Koidu Kimberlite Complex, Jurassic; Yengema-Koidu area, Sierra Leone, West Africa) 2 — Kimberlite (Koidu Kimberlite Complex, Jurassic; Yengema-Koidu area, Sierra Leone, West Africa) 2
James St. John · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 04

Mask, sosayti ɛn biliv

Sande (Bondo) ɛn Poro sosayti ɛn dɛn dɛbul, nomoli ɛn minsere figa, ɛn chɔch ɛn mɔsk. Foto dɛn bɔt sosayti tin de biɛn notis, fɔ rɛspɛkt.

Head (Temne or Bullom) — 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) — 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) — 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) — 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

Female Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro-style maker) — Female Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro-style maker) 1500s
Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro-style maker artist · Public domain (CC0) · Cleveland Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Female Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro Island, unknown maker) — Female Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro Island, unknown maker) 1500s
Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Sherbro Island, unknown maker artist · Public domain (CC0) · Cleveland Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Bottom of clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) — Bottom of clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) Taken in 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Smiling girl, Mandingo lady, and her large clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (491581387) — Smiling girl, Mandingo lady, and her large clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (491581387) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Top of clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2255787682) — Top of clay pot, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2255787682) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2136295008) — Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2136295008) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone or Liberia at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2158765449) — Carved stone figure from Sierra Leone or Liberia at the Africana Museum, Cuttington College, Suakoko, Liberia (West Africa) (2158765449) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 05

Chif, lida ɛn pɔblik layf

Paramɔnt chif ɛn dɛn kɔt, gɔvnɔ ɛn prɛzidɛnt, indipɛndɛns, parɛd, rali ɛn di lɔ.

Chiefs chair at the now deserted and overgrown hilltop site of old Yagala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2321508092) — Chiefs chair at the now deserted and overgrown hilltop site of old Yagala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2321508092) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Dominic sitting on stone chiefs seat in overgrown area of Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2046974061) — Dominic sitting on stone chiefs seat in overgrown area of Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2046974061) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2061308840) — Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2061308840) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 06

Ship, tren ɛn rod

Aw pipul ɛn tin bin de muv: kenu ɛn stima, di relwe (1896–1974), lɔri, brij ɛn di epɔt.

Car wash 2, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2024309383) — Car wash 2, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2024309383) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Kamabai car wash crew (557391706) — Kamabai car wash crew (557391706) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Loading the VW in the rain, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2026461974) — Loading the VW in the rain, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2026461974) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 07

Land, wata ɛn animal

Mawnten, riva, bich, fɔrɛst ɛn di animal ɛn bɔd dɛn we de de.

Rock art from Sierra Leone (West Africa) (748135469) — Rock art from Sierra Leone (West Africa) (748135469) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Work area under a tree near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (748459065) — Work area under a tree near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (748459065) 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

African Ants, 1968 (2300571943) — African Ants, 1968 (2300571943) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Cave at Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1888331417) — Cave at Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1888331417) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Tree near Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1888345923) — Tree near Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1888345923) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Tree on rock near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (465203454) — Tree on rock near Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (465203454) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

№ 08

Fes ɛn nem

Pikchɔ ɛn gyadarin: pipul we ɔda pipul tek dɛn foto, bɔku pan dɛn nɔ gɛt nem yet. If yu no pɔsin ya, tɛl wi.

Children with umbilical hernias, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1967 — Children with umbilical hernias, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1967 1967
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Neighbor, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (464352047) — Neighbor, Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (464352047) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto

Young Fula (Peul) woman (with child on her back --- note feet), Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1043634634) — Young Fula (Peul) woman (with child on her back --- note feet), Kamabai, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1043634634) 1968
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto