Independence · 1961–1990
Books, letters and papers: the first gospels printed in Bullom and Temne, tales told by Temne elders and written down in 1861, letters in Arabic script, and the paperwork of ordinary lives.
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Before email 4 Air letter from Saltpond, Ghana to Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) January 1968 (3703187062) 2009
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My Sierra Leone Drivers License, 1968 (4101420583) 2009
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BGEN A.B. Toronka, deputy force commander, Sierra Leone military forces, signs a letter accepting medical supplies and equipment from the Un 1 October 1989
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Airmail envelope from Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) to Portland, Oregon (USA) (3710984093) Sent 1980
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