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From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?

Milo Gough has received funding from the AHRC through CHASE DTP. Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following century, it ...
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How a young beekeeper’s initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

Near Sierra Leone’s Tiwai Island, Aruna Bangura, a young beekeeper, started a beekeeping initiative using modern hives after observing a decline in bees and increased deforestation in the region. The ...
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Field Work in the Vicinity of Bunce Island, Sierra Leone: Traditional Sailboat

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Lorenzo Dow Turner Papers / Series 5: ...