Aw wi bin de liv
Myuzikɛnɛnjɔymɛnt
Songs and bands, dances and masquerades, lantern parades, football and games.
← Ɔdinari layfFrɔm di akayv
58 tin dɛn
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Wunde dancers, the "bird dancers", Mano, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, wunde
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
A masked dancer, Kailahun, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, mask
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Poro masked dancers resting between dances, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance mask, man
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
A masked dancer with attendants, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance mask
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A drummer, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Drum, man
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A masquerade with a giant bow, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Pantomim, hut
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A group of dancers, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dancers
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A motion shot - man holding a drum looking up 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 209
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Men dancing in headdresses at a ceremony, Panguma 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 342
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Tilling the future rice fields, accompanied by a drummer, Panguma (Sierra Leone), early 1934 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra2.14
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The drummer who accompanies the work on the rice fields, Panguma (Sierra Leone), early 1934 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra2.15
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe, 1965 1965
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Gruppbild
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A drummer at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Musicians at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
At a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A dance acrobat at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Man
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
AbdulRahmanKamara2011 2011
Kam Kamara · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A musician playing, Panguma Photographed 1935
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone025
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Cultural dance in Freetown Sierra Leone 2016
John Sesay07 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Sierra leone Nubian Lines 2016
Kasambu 'Ra House- Federation Of The South · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Cultural Dance in Eastern Part of Sierra Leone 2017
Riboc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Ready for the Game 2017
Geraint Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Women and sport in Sierra Leone 2017
Mohammed Corgay · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Women's Football Sierra Leone 2017
Geraint Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Post-initiation dance, Rogbonko, Sierra Leone 2024
Jonathanbwilson1 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Fulani traditional drum "Tabaldeh" (Fullah Culture) 2025
ODC-SIERRA-LEONE · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
"Field photo masquerade" before 1915
Alphonso Lisk-Carew · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gyal we de dans wit Bundu drɛs (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Headdress, costume, girl
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gyal dɛn we de dans wit Bundu drɛs (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, costume, girls
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
An acrobat's hammock dance at a festival (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, ceremony, hut
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Drum (Sierra Leonean ?) 19th century
Susu people ? · Public domain (CC0) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Mancala Game Board late 19th century
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (ndoli jowei) for Sande Society 19th century
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Masked 'gbini' dancer, Panguma 1936, man playing drum to the right while others look on 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 295
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Masked 'gbini' dancer, Panguma (Sierra Leone), 1936 1936
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra7.11
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Cloth 1982
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Sowei mask wit ay ed plet, Mɛnde Collected by 1983
Di titul we i bin gɛt: hjälmmask, Hjämmask
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Brooklyn Museum 2004.77.1 Gbini Mask
Brooklyn Museum · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Afrika Kɔp 2021, futbɔla
Di titul we i bin gɛt: CAN 2021, joueur de football
Happiraphael · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Futbɔl mach, Afrika Kɔp 2021
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Jeu de football, CAN 2021
Happiraphael · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Futbɔl difɛnda
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Défenseur de football
Happiraphael · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wari game board-Sierra Leone (British Museum)
Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society early 20th century
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Ball of raw rubber, a toy Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Toy, ball, toy [?]
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Trumpet Collected 1930–31
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Drum Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Drum, musikinstrument
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Gourd rattle covered with seeds, used at Bundu dances Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Dance, skaste, rattle
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dance whip Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Piska, danspiska, whip
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Toy, ball Collected 1930–31
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto