Cry Freetown (http://www.cryfreetown.org)
An award-winning film by Sierra Leonean journalist Sorious Samura, winner of both the Rory Peck Award and the Mohammed Amin Award for the work of freelance camera people in news and current affairs. The documentary film portrays the events of January 1999 during the Civil War in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Site includes an interview with the author.
Mande Studies Association (http://uweb.txstate.edu/anthropology/mansa/)
"Founded in 1985, MANSA was organized to increase and encourage communication between scholars interested in the Mande peoples of West Africa." Site includes information about the association’s publications and activities, its by-laws, a selection of photographs on Mande culture and daily life, cultural maps, etc.
Sierra Leone Photo Links (http://www.sierra-leone.org/photolinks.html)
Site includes historic photos as well as photos documenting human rights abuses and the conflict in Sierra Leone.
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