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Di Tɛm ɛn Tɔri

Poet

S.A.C.

printed 1888

Initials only, as most Freetown newspaper poets signed in the 1880s. The poem answered those who looked down on Black Sierra Leoneans with pride.

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  • “That Negroes we are”

    Sierra Leone Weekly News, 17 November 1888

    That Negroes we are, we are proud to maintain Ashamed of complexion! unless if insane… […]

    Being foundThe whole poem is in the Sierra Leone Weekly News, 17 November 1888. Have a copy? Tell us →