The Krio people of Sierra Leone are partly descended from former enslaved Africans who fought for the British in the American War of Independence, in exchange for promises of freedom. After the ...

Sierra Leone’s capital city, Freetown, is widely known as the home of formerly enslaved people – hence its name. Founded in 1787, thousands of enslaved people were either returned to or liberated in ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Scarred by war and worn by time, the tumbledown wooden houses which dot Freetown are a vestige of the Krios, descendants of freed slaves who once made Sierra Leone a beacon of ...

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans vote on Saturday in a second-round runoff to choose their president, the first elections since a U.N. peacekeeping force left the war-shattered West African country ...

In Sierra Leone, Krio is the main language. He described Krio as a combination of broken English and African dialect. Other languages spoken are Mende and Temne. Mansaray also spoke broken French.

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: ...

African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive, Vol. 23, No. 4 (December 2019), pp. 81-91 (11 pages) New ways of measuring pregnancy planning/intention such as ...

The 7-year-old loves her family's history and wanted other children to learn about famous Krios who've done amazing things in the world. She is part Krio herself and told Newsround that "writing about ...