History & Culture in Sierra Leone

A curiously placed cannon along a roundabout in Freetown marks the boundary of the old city.

Tens of thousands of Africans rescued from slave ships passed through this gate before being settled in Sierra Leone.

On an idyllic island off the coast of Sierra Leone, remnants of the defense of the slave trade and its later abolition.

One of the most important Krio heritage sites in the country.

One of the oldest brick structures in Freetown.

The first European-style university in western Sub-Saharan Africa.