Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
Portraits and gatherings: people photographed by others, most of them still unnamed. If you know someone here, tell us.
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Girls-susu-tribe 1944
Unknown author Unknown author · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Sierra Leone c 1944 (3133799291) 2008
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Silversmith, Sierra Leone, c 1944 (3133797649) 2008
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Dr Kamara (or Amara) with his wife and children, 1956–57 1956
Original title: Man, woman
Råberg, Wilhelm [?] · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
My father in Sierra Leone (22171528228) c. 1944
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture