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Art in Sierra Leone has a long and significant tradition of carving and ceremonial works like masks and cloth for initiation and protection. Although art styles are oftentimes ascribed to a single ethnic group (often the Mende [ citation needed ] ), the styles and processes are spread throughout the country and many artists move between the ...
Hook was born in London, the son of James Hook, a draper and one time Judge of the Mixed Commission Court in Sierra Leone. His mother was the second daughter of Bible scholar Dr Adam Clarke – hence the painter's second name. Young Hook's first taste of the sea was on board the Berwick smacks which took him on his way to Wooler.
La vita non perde valore (Life does not lose its value) is a 2012 documentary film about the reintegration into society of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.The documentary has been analyzed in different Universities, becoming subject of five degree thesis.
Public masquerades play an extremely significant role in the life of the Mende people - one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. Art historian Ruth Phillips writes that Mende masquerades "are a means of mediating between the general community and the medicine societies that are central to Mende social life. Through masking ...
Kelvin Doe with his Kano computer kit in Sierra Leone in 2013 Kevin Doe (born October 26, 1996, in Freetown , Sierra Leone ), also known as DJ Focus , is a Sierra Leonean engineer . Career
Fambul Tok is a 2011 American documentary film about an organization that aims at reconciliation and forgiveness in communities that were affected by a long-running civil war in Sierra Leone. The film was directed by journalist Sara Terry and it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival.
The Kono people are the descendants of Mali-Guinean migrants who are said to have moved to Sierra Leone and settled in what is now Kono District in the mid-16th century, however there is archaeological evidence of settlement in Kono District as far back as 2200 B.C. [2] Kono history claims that the Kono were once a powerful people in Mali and Guinea.
Eddy was born on 14 June 1974 in Sierra Leone, though spent a significant part of her early life in refugee camps in southern Africa due to the Sierra Leone Civil War. [3] [4] At the time of her death, Eddy had a 10-year-old son, Valentine, and a partner, Esther Chikalipa.