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Meet The Krios in Sierra Leone’s Capital Freetown (Vickie Remoe Show)
Part II
Sierra Leone Independence, the Krios and ‘Still I Rise’
Britain’s First West African Colony This week marks 59 years since Sierra Leone achieved its independence from Britain on 27 April 1961and subsequently became a member of the Commonwealth. It is most probable that Britain’s first contact with the country which became known as ‘Sierra Leone’ was in 1562 when Sir John Hawkins a British …
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The Krios of Sierra Leone at the Museum of London
The Bi-Centenary of the Abolition of Slavery: A TRIBUTE TO Dr. THOMAS MASTERMAN WINTERBOTTOM (1765?-1859), physician to the Sierra Leone Company
Nigel Pocock, Director, Vision Training & Research A forgotten hero In 1859, Thomas Masterman Winterbottom died. He was 94 years old – the oldest doctor in Europe. Shops shut. The local Corporation and thousands of citizens turned out to mourn him. The Newcastle Journal, in its obituary, noted that Winterbottom was ‘as good a man …