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Deep dives by historians, writers, critics and elders.

Before the slave tradeto 1561

  1. 01Before the Colony: Stone, Iron and RiceLong before 1787, people were making tools, pots and farms in what is now Sierra Leone. Archaeologists have been digging up their story since the 1960s.Tɔri Editorial Desk
  2. 02Nomoli and the Sapi CarversSmall stone figures turn up in farmers' fields, and ivory salt cellars sit in museums across Europe and America. Both were made by the people of this coast centuries ago.Tɔri Editorial Desk
  3. 03Serra Lyoa: The Coast Before FreetownPortuguese sailors, Mane armies, the Temne kingdom of Koya and the slave castle on Bunce Island: three centuries of history between 1462 and 1787.Tɔri Editorial Desk

The colony1787–1895

  1. 01Athens of West Africa: Fourah Bay CollegeHow a small missionary institution founded in 1827 turned Freetown into a centre of learning for the whole region.Tɔri Editorial Desk

Across the eras

  1. 01The Cotton Tree: A City's WitnessFor more than two centuries the Cotton Tree stood at the centre of Freetown. What did it mean to the people who grew up beneath it?Tɔri Editorial Desk♪ Listen