Before the slave trade · to 1561
Paramount chiefs and their courts, governors and presidents, independence, parades, rallies and the law.
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Chiefs chair at the now deserted and overgrown hilltop site of old Yagala, Sierra Leone (west Africa) (2321508092) 1967
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Dominic sitting on stone chiefs seat in overgrown area of Old Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2046974061) 1967
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Remains of a stone-walled house at the deserted hilltop defensive site of Yagala, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (2061308840) 1967
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