Aw wi bin de liv
Coins and notes, shops and stores, trades and crafts, farms and mines.
← Ɔdinari layfWan stɔ wit dɔti wɔl ɛn tach, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A mud store of Syrian traders
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An autobiography (electronic resource)- the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist - containing an acco 1921
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Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Mende women knotting nets, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hantverk
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Woman knotting a net 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Woman, knyta, net
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Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Mɛnde uman de spin kɔtin, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hantverk, spindle, woman
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Inside a smithy, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Forge
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Man de twis tred frɔm pam-lif fayba, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: fotografi, photograph
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Dɛn de sɛt di tred fɔ di wiv-mashin, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, men
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Midday meal for farm worker group, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 095
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'Boy' Selu on chair made by carpenter (standing), Panguma March 1934 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 126
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Farm hut in the main rice farm for cooking and taking shelter from fierce sun or rain, Panguma late 1934 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 208
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Kaifala, Panguma's carpenter, posing in the yard of the guesthouse 1934–36
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone Hofstra 227
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Farm hut in the main rice farm for cooking and taking shelter from fierce sun or rain, Panguma (Sierra… 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra4.12
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Midday meal of farm worker group, Panguma late 1934 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneHofstra4.13
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Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Min. Of Information of Sierra Leone in an official delegation at the diamond exchange in Tel Aviv 1959
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Children at a farm shelter near Kakoya, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2098442312) 1967
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TemneChildren 1967
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Lansana Kamara and four of his children, Kabala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) 1968 (2632474492) 1968
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Lansana Kamara (centre) at his store pub in Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1968 (500222834) 1968
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Lansana Kamara, pub shop owner, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1968 (2098862490) 1968
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The youngest Kamara child as of early 1968, Kabala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2631907473) 1968
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KoiduStreet2 Unknown date (probably 1980s - the date on the photograph is
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Alluvial diamond miner Sierra Leone 2005 2005
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VW bus near farm shelter along road in northern Sierra Leone (West Africa) (851713453) Photographed 1967 or 1968
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Diamond-39507 before March 2010
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Aw (2) 2011
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Landogo stonemason and carpenter 2011
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Youyi Building 2011
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Ground nut and casada farm - panoramio 2013
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Rice Farm - panoramio (1) 2013
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Rice Farm - panoramio (2) 2013
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Farm hut on the rice farm, for cooking and shelter from sun and rain, Panguma, 1934 Photographed late 1934
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeone039
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A Catholic experimental farm in Sierra Leone 2016
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Real African people working on their little farm in Freetown 2016
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Real African people working on their little farm in Freetown (They are harvesting potatoes for living ) 2016
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Freetown Tailor 2017
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Icaisp 2017
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20190430 124515 Sierra Leone 2019
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20190503 090054 Yanna Sun 2019
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Kissi penny 2021
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A trader and his assistant at the Sierra Leone Big Market 2025
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Sierra Leone Fullah Culture ( Farm boys) 2025
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Michigan-Sierra Leone SPP deepens with multidisciplinary engagements (9007473) 2025
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KoiduMarket By 2007, probably 2000s
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Aw Bɔns Aylan ɛn in fɔt tan. Frɔm Smith in pikchɔ 1746
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Vuë de l'ile et du fort de Bense. Tirée de Smith
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Mrs. Kate Roachof Sierra Leone. 1880–93
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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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Banknote of Sierra Leone
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Pile of SLE banknotes
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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 for Sande Society (Ndoli jowei) 19th century
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One penny, cancelled at Freetown 1899
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British West Africa penny 1936
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20 cent coin 1791 2018
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Kissi penny: twisted iron money Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Coin
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20 Sierra Leone Cents (1964)
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Sierra Leone 1964 Half Cent Obv 2010
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Sierra Leone 1964 Half Cent Rev 1964
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Locally-made metal-bladed axe, cowry shells and a coin left as an offering on a rock high above a farm in Wara Wara Bafodia Chiefdom, northe 1968
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Kissi penny 1880s or later
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Coin, betalningsmedel, kissi penny
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