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Language, Literature : Sierra Leone

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Ethnologue country index  (http://www.ethnologue.com/country%5Findex.asp)
"The Ethnologue is a database of world languages including information on alternate names, number of speakers, location, dialect, linguistic affiliation, and other sociolinguistic and demographic information."

Handbook of African Language Resources: Krio/Pidgin (Cluster) Language Page  
(http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Krio_root.html)
Site provides information and facts on the Krio/Pidgin (Cluster) language; for example, where it is spoken, by whom, etc.

Krio Proverbs and Stories  (http://www.sierra-leone.org/proverbs.html)
Site provides more than 400 proverbs in Krio and English, and 2 short stories in Krio.

Our Father in Krio  (http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-krio.html)
The prayer, "Our Father," in Krio.

Poetry by Sierra Leonean Writers  (http://www.sierra-leone.org/culture.html)
Site provides links to poems by Sierra Leonean writers, and by writers with ties to Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leonean Writers Series (SLWS)  (http://www.sl-writers-series.org)
SLWS was launched in Sierra Leone in July 2001 to provide an answer to the problem of the scarcity of books in Sierra Leone. Among its aims and objectives are: to assist Sierra Leonean academics to publish their good works; to encourage the spirit of collaboration between and among Sierra Leonean academics; and to provide good quality but affordable reading materials.

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