Mr.Farma talk over the History of Sierra Leone

Mr.Farma talk over the History of Sierra Leone
Amistad
Ending a voyage of 14 months, and symbolising 168 years of history, the Amistad Freedom Schooner, a replica of the slave vessel La Amistad, was welcomed at Government Wharf in Freetown on 9 December 2007.

Bunce Island
The ruins of the historic slave trading fortress at Bunce Island, off the coast of Freetown.

Railway Museum
Sierra Leone's railway was discontinued in 1975, but some of the steam engines and railway cars that ran from Freetown to Pendembu and Makeni can be seen at the National Railway Museum in Cline Town. The car which Queen Elizabeth II was to have used during her 1961 visit has been restored and is on display. The Queen never used the car - she had a change in schedule.

Bonthe

Dr. Cleaver Keenan served in the Sierra Leone Medical Service from 1956 to 1960. He has contributed a selection of photographs he took in 1958 during his posting as Medical Officer on Bonthe Island.

Kono District

Kono District is known for its diamond mines, but also for its agriculture and its beautiful mountainous landscape. Koidu (or Sefadu), before the war Sierra Leone's second most populous town, suffered massive destruction as a result of the conflict. It is only now beginning to recover.

Freetown in 1917

Herbert Ralph Glover was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1890 and died there in 1966. He served in the Australian Imperial Force During World War I (1914-1917). In 1917 he sailed on board the "Benalla", which left England on 25 August and arrived in Sydney in October 1917. These pictures were taken in Freetown, probably in September 1917. They were provided by his granddaughter, Lorna Humphreys.