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General Culture

Miscellaneous culture: www.sierra-leone.org/culture.html

Sierra Leone Encyclopedia--updated yearly

Excellent information on both basics and details of many aspects of Sierra Leone development.  A core project of the Sierra Leone Information System, which is supported by the United Nations Development

Program.  http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia/  

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Art

African Art at the Yale University Museum.  Said to be the best university museum collection of African art, this Web site shows pictures both small and large of some of the more important pieces.  http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/permanent/pc_african.html

"Art from Africa."  A display of many types of art from many artists and regions.  www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/archive/longsteps/default.htm 

"Cycles--African Life Through Art."  Pictures of African sculptures, many from Sierra Leone's area of Africa, with a zoom feature, along with some discussion of culture.  http://www.ima-art.org/cycles/  

Songs by the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars Band  http://www.refugeeallstars.org/v2/

"Single Leg Amputee Soccer Club" of Sierra Leone.  Story, audio, and pictures from a National Public Radio affiliate.  http://www.onlyagame.org/shows/2005/11/20051126_14.asp

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Children

"Jonathan's House for Orphans," a U.S. church-run mission in Bo, a central southern city on the road between the capital, Freetown, and the SLPP villages in the east.  www.jonhouse.org

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Education

"Building Schools/Building a Future" by the Schools for Salone Project  http://members.raincity.com/kenlans/schoolsforsalone/project.htm  

Fund for African Relief and Education  http://www.fundforafricaneducation.org/index.html  

Sierra Leone Encyclopedia: Education: Numerous reports and statistics about Sierra Leone education.  http://www.daco-sl.org/encyclopedia/2_data/2_1c_edu.htm   

"Education in Sierra Leone" 2004-5  by the World Bank: (more recent than the Daco report immediately above; ca 200 pp.):  http://www.scribd.com/doc/2662195/Sierra-Leone-Education-Policy  

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Language

Hear Krio, the common English/Native Languages dialect, spoken on these radio programs.  www.talkingdrumstudio.org

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Music

Learn more about the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Star Band, an internationally received band of reggae, pop, rock, and fusion formed by Sierra Leonean refugees:

Click here to listen to or download for free their signature song, "Living like a Refugee." 

Tourism in
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone Travel Journals with photos by five of 15 travelers to 3 Sierra Leone villages

Personal journals and helpful background information with dozens of photos describing village life, needs, and challenges in May 2006.  Written by five of 15 travelers on the first trip to the villages sponsored through Plymouth Congregational Church, Minneapolis.

www.tc.umn.edu/~jewel001/
SierraLeone/TripJrnlHome.htm  

New York Times Travel Article 

Very useful travel article for those visiting Freetown, the capitol, in particular, with additional links to hotels, etc.

This Web Site, in the "Articles" Page

Sierra Leone Imagine

Short travel pave still under construction, but with useful travel information.

http://www.sierra-leone.info/travel/index.html

Sierra Leone Tourism

Information on the MAPE Project is a major tourist resort development 7 miles north of Lungi International Airport. Site by "a London based company committed to the redevelopment of Sierra Leone."

http://www.sierraleonetourism.co.uk

University of Pennsylvania Sierra Leone Page and Search Engine

Links to the CIA World Factbook, maps, travel, language information, etc. Created by Julie Sisskind, now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search facility. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_
Studies/Country_Specific/S_Leone.html

Visit Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Tourism Information

Facts about Sierra Leone, useful addresses, directory of diplomatic missions, "Sierra Leone hotels, Sierra Leone restaurants, things to do when in Sierra Leone (or indeed not to do) when preparing for the all important visit." Directory of Sierra Leone web sites. Has an e-newsletter. The site is not affiliated with the Sierra Leone Government. Maintained by Abimbola Carrol. [KF] 

http://www.visitsierraleone.org  

Yahoo Travel Guide