Independence · 1961–1990
Drums, horns, harps and rattles, dancers and drummers, and the bands of the city.
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The Sierra Leone National Dance Troupe, 1965 1965
Original title: Gruppbild
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A drummer at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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Musicians at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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At a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: fotografi, photograph
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A dance acrobat at a dance school near Freetown, 1967 1967
Original title: Man
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Wooden goblet drum before 1983
Original title: Bekertrom van hout
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Necklace of horn discs bound tight on a string In the museum by 1974
Original title: Necklace
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Powder horn In the museum by 1961
Original title: Horn
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