Salone in istri, we in pipul dem de tɔk.
Di Tɛmɛn Tɔri
Wan istri we de liv · frɔm di pipul dem na Salone
Dis de na Salone istri
January
1
1808
The Sierra Leone Company surrenders its charter and Sierra Leone becomes a British Crown Colony.
Sɔs dɛn: Wikipedia: Sierra Leone
Tɔri dem
Ɔl di tori dem →- 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→
- 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→
- 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→
- 04The 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♪ Lisin→
Kwɛstyɔn fɔ di wik · Myuzik ɛn ɛnjɔymɛnt
Us myuzik bin de ple na una os?
Ansa wit foto →
Waka na di siti
The 1792 Settler Route
From the waterfront to the Cotton Tree: the path of Freetown's founding generation, told stop by stop.
4 stɔp dem
Bigin di waka →Vɔys frɔm lɔng tɛm
“Tradition holds that the settlers who arrived in seventeen ninety two gathered beneath it to give thanks.”
— Sample narration (computer voice)
▶LisinKwiz fɔ di wik
Aw yu sabi Fritong?
Tek di kwiz →
Di Salone akayv
Ol foto, stamp ɛn fim
1792 · 1900 · 1961
Opin di akayv →
