The Krio of Sierra Leone
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- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
- Publish date: 12/01/2000
Description:
The Krio of SIERRA LEONE OFTEN ERRONEOUSLY CALLED 'CREOLE' ARE A PEOPLE WITH A UNIQUE TRADITION AND HISTORY. THEIR ANCESTORS, THE FIRST COLONIST OF THE PENINSULA ON WHICH FREETOWN STANDS, WERE BLACK PEOPLE BROUGHT TO AFRICA FROM LONDON, NOVA SCOTIA AND JAMAICA, AND LIBERATED AFRICANS' FREED FROM Slave SHIPS INTERCEPTED ON THEIR WAY TO THE AMERICAS.
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