Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
Wɔɛnsojaman
Di Ɔt Taks Wɔ, Fritɔŋ abɔ na di tu wɔl wɔ, di wɔ na Salone frɔm 1991 te 2002, ɛn di sojaman ɛn pis-kipa dɛn we kam afta.
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Bai Bureh 1898
The Temne leader of the 1898 Hut Tax War, photographed as a prisoner by Lieutenant Arthur Greer of the West India Regiment.
Lieutenant Arthur Greer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Troops embarking at Freetown for Douala 1914
Agence Rol · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Ground crew wheel a Hurricane onto the runway at Hastings airfield c. 1942
No. 128 Squadron RAF flew from Hastings between October 1941 and March 1943, guarding Freetown's harbour, a key Allied convoy port, against Vichy French aircraft.
Royal Air Force official photographer, Gale (Plt Off) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Military Parade Watched by Governor Leslie Probyn 1904–10
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Mandiŋgo man wit wɔ drɛs we fulɔp wit sɛbɛ, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A Mandingo in fetish war dress: a mass of gre-gre charms, each containing a quotation from the Koran in Arabic
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Wɔ fɛns: di stik fɛns we bin de rawnd bɔku tɔŋ, 1910 1910
Di titul we i bin gɛt: War fences: formerly most of the towns were surrounded by these fences or stockades
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
FORBES(1910) 04 Freetown, Officers of the American Navy ashore published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Britin sojaman dɛn de bod na Fritɔŋ fɔ go atak di pɔt na Douala (Kamarun): [nyuspepa foto] / [Agence Rol] 1914
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Forces anglaises embarquant à Freetown pour attaquer le port de Douala (Cameroun) : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]
Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
BEATTY(1915) Fig21 Freetown, West African Soldiers published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
British Expeditionary Force in Freetown, 1919 1919
New York Times, Co. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
War club, Kissi Collected by 1931
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Klubba., klubba
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A-Sierra-Leone-regiment-falling-in-for-parade-1939-142355129755 1939
Unknown photographer Unknown photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Nigerian Bandsmen Entertain British Sailors at African Port. 6 December 1942, Freetown, Sierra Leone. A13900 1939–45
Roper, F G (Lt) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1945. CH10739 1939–45
No. 11 OTU, Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A landing ship unloading American timber for the new docks at Freetown, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A17840
Intelligence, Freetown, Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A Sierra Leonean signalman of HMS Mercator signalling to a submarine by semaphore, Freetown, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A18849
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
German navy prisoners, blindfolded, on the dockside at Freetown, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A19396
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A Valentine tank unloaded from HMS Bachaquero at Freetown, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A20036
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Defiant aircraft taking off from HMS Spurwing, the Royal Navy air station in Sierra Leone, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22306
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A Defiant aircraft from the Sierra Leone naval air station over a convoy leaving Freetown 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22308
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Motor minesweeper J 821 moored in Freetown harbour, Second World War 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22483
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
African naval ratings, led by their drum and fife band, leave their barracks for the Red Cross parade, Freetown 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A24463
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A navy lifeboat carried on a lorry in the Red Cross parade, Freetown 1939–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A24464
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
95 Squadron RAF Sunderland at Freetown WWII IWM CM 2564-83-23 between circa 1941 and circa 1943
Royal Air Force official photographer, Gale (Plt Off) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
95 Squadron RAF Sunderland at Freetown WWII IWM CM 2564-83-36 between circa 1941 and circa 1943
Royal Air Force official photographer, Gale (Plt Off) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Gross began an eight-week voyage on board 'Highland Monarch' in late November 1941. The ship sailed from Avonmoth to-Suez via Sierra Leone, 1941 (Second World War)
Anthony Gross · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Skwɔdrɔn Lida Billy Drake insay in Hurricane plen na Hastings ɛrfil, 1942 1941–45
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Royal Air Force- West Africa Command, 1941-1945. CM2531
Gale (Plt Off), Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Royal Air Force- West Africa Command, 1941-1945. CM4861 1941–45
Royal Air Force official photographer, Woodbine G (Fg Off) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A Fulmar aircraft about to take off from HMS Spurwing on coastal patrol, Sierra Leone, Second World War 1941–43
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A22312
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
African naval ratings march past Governor Sir Hubert Stevenson at the Law Courts, Freetown between 5 July 1941 and 1945
Di titul we i bin gɛt: The Royal Navy during the Second World War A24465
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Africa during World War II (3325909399) 1942
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
World War II in Africa (3370990130) 1942
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A French sailor carrying fresh pineapples on board the submarine depot ship HMS MERCATOR at Freetown, Sierra Leone, August 1943. A18857 1943
Royal Navy official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Pilot Officer J H Smythe of Sierra Leone, a newly-qualified navigator, being instructed in the use of the sextant by an instructor at No. 11 1 August 1943
No. 11 OTU, Royal Air Force official photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The work of the Merchant Navy during the Second World War, 1943 D16069 1943
Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
The officers of HMS Spurwing, the Royal Navy air station in Sierra Leone, March 1944 March 1944
Di titul we i bin gɛt: A Naval Air Station in West African Bush. March 1944, at HMS Spurwing, Royal Naval Air Station in Sierra Leone, Once a Stretch of Untouchabl
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Bo Sierra Leone c 1944 (3134619932) 2008
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Lɔ studɛnt D. A. Thomas ɛn ticha studɛnt Rosamund Harding, Colonial Centre, London, 1944 1944
Bryson Jack, Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Salone pipul dɛn de it na di Colonial Centre, London, 1944 Taken in 1944
P. Thorpe, Freetown's chief fire officer, leans over to Rosamund Harding, a student teacher, at a table with the law students D. A. Thomas and C. O. E. Cole. (The holder spells his name "Thorpee".)
Bryson Jack, Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Latex collected from Rubber Tree. Sierra Leone 1944 (3133798629) 1944
Sludge G , 2008-12-25 02:14 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
"Railway Station in the Protectorate", Sierra Leone, c 1944 (3133798403)
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Sierra Leone c. 1944 (3133799053) 2008
Sludge G · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Miss A. Caulker, edmistres, na di London School of Economics, 1946 1946
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Sword In the museum by 1900
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Frances Wright, lɔya, na di Inns of Court, London, c. 1941 Photographed 1930–31
Na Frances Claudia Wright (1919–2010) frɔm Fritɔŋ, di fɔs Salone uman we dɛn kɔl na di Inglish Ba (Gray's Inn, 1941) ɛn di fɔs uman we wok as lɔya na Salone. In papa ɛn in granpa na lɔya na Fritɔŋ. Wɛn i de kam bak na 1943, i lɔs in wig ɛn gɔŋ wɛn dɛn atak di ship; i jɔyn in papa in ɔfis, bi majistret ɛn leta Prɛzidɛnt fɔ di Ba Asosieshɔn. Di myuziɔm nɔ rayt in nem. If yu bin no am, tɛl wi.
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Throwing spear with a leather grip, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Javelin, spear
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Iron throwing spear with a twisted shaft, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Javelin, spear
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Iron throwing dart, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Arrow
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Throwing dart Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Kastpil, pil, arrow
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Throwing dart with a wooden shaft, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Arrow
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Small iron throwing dart, Vai Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Arrow
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Hammer Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Hammare, hammer
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bass, toy, gun Collected 1930–31
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Swords In the museum by 1900
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Curved sword in a leather scabbard In the museum by 1942
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Swords
Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Freetown-View of the Barracks c. 1900
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho Pɔro ɔ Sande (Bɔndo) sosayti sɛrimɔni, dansa ɔ tin. Sɔm tin we di sosayti dɛn de du na fɔ dɛn mɛmba nɔmɔ; wi sho am ya fɔ di istri, wit rɛspɛkt.
Head-dress used in Burdu Secret Society, Sierra Leone Probably before 1936
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The Second Great War Vol. 7 - Coats of Arms of Forty Crown Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories (2) 1940s
John Alexander Hammerton · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto