Greetings from

Sierra Leone

Heritage — Home

Scenes from Sierra Leone.

Freetown, the provinces, and the geography our members carry with them.

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Sierra
Leone

The home we come from

Between the hills and the Atlantic.

Sierra Leone — bordered by Guinea to the north and Liberia to the south, with the Atlantic to the west — is the home our members or our families came from.

Freetown · founded1792

The historic heart of the Krio community

Freetown was founded in 1792 by formerly enslaved Africans who had been freed by the British and resettled from Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and the West African coast.

Nova Scotia→Jamaica→West African coast→Freetown

Postcards from home

The memory of home.

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HERITAGE — HOME

Scenes from Sierra Leone.

Freetown, the provinces, and the geography our members carry with them.

Sierra Leone — bordered by Guinea to the north and Liberia to the south, with the Atlantic to the west — is the home our members or our families came from. Freetown, founded in 1792 by formerly enslaved Africans who had been freed by the British and resettled from Nova Scotia, Jamaica, and the West African coast, is the historic heart of the Krio community.