Independence · 1961–1990

Farming,foodandtrade

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Rice farms, palm oil and kernels, fishing nets and traps, cooking, shops, mines and markets: the work that fed the country and paid its way.

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Advertising sign for Star beer, Pendembu, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1967 (1709257876) 1967
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Children at a farm shelter near Kakoya, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2098442312) 1967
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Man 1967
Martinsson, Erik · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture

TemneChildren 1967
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Arrowheads-Sierra Leone National Museum 1968
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Lansana Kamara and four of his children, Kabala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) 1968 (2632474492) 1968
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Lansana Kamara (centre) at his store pub in Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1968 (500222834) 1968
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Lansana Kamara, pub shop owner, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa), 1968 (2098862490) 1968
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Mandingo children with freshly-caught bats from a cave on Kufan Mountain above Balandugu, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (411554154) 1968
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Neighbour cooking, Kabala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (486806722) 1968
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Part of a 1968 advertising sheet for Guinness after they established a brewery in Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1727997539) 2007
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Quivers-Sierra Leone National Museum 1968
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The youngest Kamara child as of early 1968, Kabala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2631907473) 1968
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KoiduStreet2 Unknown date (probably 1980s - the date on the photograph is
Brian Harrington Spier · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture

Hoe In the museum by 1982
Original title: Hacka
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Hoe blade In the museum by 1982
Original title: Hacka, hackblad
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Green wax-resist cloth with six stars c. 1982–83
Original title: Cloth
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