Tag: slavery
5 things we learned about Jamaica’s Maroons, Krios from the Make Sierra Leone Famous Podcast ...
Maroons first settled in Freetown around 1800 where they built St John’s Maroon Church which still stands to this day. In the latest episode of the Make Sierra Leone Famous Podcast “Slavery, ...Post-war Sierra Leone is an easy sell tourist destination – Part 1
In the middle of December last year I found myself hiking through the rain forest in a pair of second-hand boots that were made for anything but feet. They were so terrible ...NBC’s Rock Center in Sierra Leone for Black History month
Rock Center with Brian Williams yesterday broadcast this Black History month special on slavery on Bunce Island, Sierra Leone. While Priscilla – the slave girl’s story may not be new to some ...Bunce Island Slave Castle gets a boost on the eve of Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence ...
Image via Wikipedia Melbourne Garber of the Krio Heritage Society and the Bunce Island Coalition (US), has announced that philanthropists in the US and UK who have pledged millions of dollars for Bunce Island’s ...Reclaiming the Middle Passage: African-American Actor Isaiah Washington becomes first to use DNA Testing to ...
Earlier today American actor Isaiah Washington held back tears of joy as he became the first to use DNA testing to gain citizenship to a nation in Africa. Mr. Washington explained that ...DNA Tests Bringing AfricanAmericans to Sierra Leone (Bunce Island) Part 2
After we came back from the adoption ceremony of Fred & Nanette, now uncle Mundalo and aunty Gilo, we spent the next two days participating in TAN conference events including the investment ...
