Literature on the History of West Africa |
Guinea | Liberia |
Sierra Leone since 1991 Sierra Leone 1961-1991 Sierra Leone 1939-1961 Sierra Leone 1919-1939 Sierra Leone 1880-1918 Sierra Leone 1808-1880 Sierra Leone prior to 1808 Timeline : Sierra Leone Historical Atlas, British West Africa Page see also History of British West Africa Students' Paper : Chang, HyeJin, Environmental History of West Africa (2012) Students' Paper : Kim, Ji Yang, Demographic History of West Africa (2009) Students' Paper : Kim, Jiwan, The European View of West Africa and Colonialism as expressed in Historic Encyclopedias (2009) |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles | modern |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from Index Mundi;
from CIA World Factbook, countries - Sierra Leone Country Profile : Sierra Leone, from ISS |
historical |
W.W. Shreeve, Sierra Leone: The Principal British Colony on the Western Coast of Africa
1817, IA J.C. de Figaniere e Morao, Descripção de Serra-Le? e seus contornos, escripta em doze carta 1822, IA E.G. Ingham, T. Clarkson, Sierra Leone after a Hundred Years 1894, IA H. Michell, An introduction to the geography of Sierra Leone 1918, IA |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World;
from BUBL Sierra Leone Page, from African Studies at UPenn; from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford; from Sierra Leone Org List of Sierra Leone-Related Topics, in : Wikipedia |
on History |
from Sierra Leone Org |
Historical Dictionaries |
Organizations |
Sierra Leone Heritage West Africa Study Circle (Philatelist) |
Timelines |
Timeline, from timelines.ws, from
BBC News |
Accounts of History |
Sierra Leone History, from World Rover,
from cryfreetown.org Article History of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia |
Politics |
Article Politics of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia;
Category Politics in Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia;
Political Resources on the Net : Sierra Leone;
Governments on the WWW : Sierra Leone Sierra Leone : History and Politics, from ISS Sierra Leone Profile, from International Crisis Group A Directory of the Parliament of Sierra Leone 2007-2012 |
Military |
Wars of Sierra Leone, 1800-1999, from ACED Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sierra Leone, from ODM Aline Leboeuf, Chronological Index : Sierra Leone: List of extremely violent events perpetrated during the War, 1991-2002, from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence War Crimes Studies Center, UC Berkeley : Special Court for Sierra Leone M. White, Death Tolls for the Multicides of the Twentieth Century, Sierra Leone 1991-2002 |
Economy & Finances |
Global Currency History : Sierra Leone;
Article Economy of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia Category Economy of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia Global Integrity : Sierra Leone 2006, Sierra Leone 2007 Focus on Sierra Leone : Oil in Sierra Leone ? Part 1: A history of secrecy, public deception and pipedreams King's College, London : The Sierra Leone Company J.M. Due, Changes in incomes and imports of consumer goods in Sierra Leone 1966, IA J.M. Due, Changes in imports of capital goods, Sierra Leone, 1950-1965 1968, IA |
Ethnography |
Languages of Sierra Leone (23), from Ethnologue Art and Life in Africa : Sierra Leone Minorities at Risk, Sierra Leone : Creoles, Limna, Mende, Temne Sierra Leone, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Sierra Leone J.E. Brooks, The Providence African Society's Sierra Leone Emigration Scheme, 1794-1795 : Prologue to the African Colonization Movement, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, (1974), pp.183-202 R.B. Clarke, The inhabitants of Sierra Leone, n.d., IA T.E. Poole, Life, Scenery and Customs in Sierra Leone and the Gambia, vol.1 1850, vol.2 1850, IA R.C. Dallas, The history of the Maroons : from their origin to the establishment of their chief tribe at Sierra Leone : including the expedition to Cuba, for the purpose of procuring Spanish chasseurs ; and the state of the island of Jamaica for the last ten years : with a succinct history of the island previous to that period, vol.1 1803, vol.2 1803, IA T.M. Winterbottom, An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone 1803, GB |
Religion |
Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Sierra Leone, from Kirken i Norge Category Religion in Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia H. Seddall, The missionary history of Sierra Leone 1874, IA Memorials of John Bowen, late Bishop of Sierra Leone 1862, IA S.A. Walker, The Church of England mission in Sierra Leone 1847, IA Methodist Mission in Sierra Leone, pp.270-278 in A. Stevens, The history of the religious movement of the eighteenth century, called Methodism 1860, GB |
History of Regions |
Provinces of Sierra Leone, from www.statoids.com,
Districts of Sierra Leone, from www.statoids.com Category Provinces of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia |
Local History |
History of Freetown, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
History of SLBS (Sierra Leone Broadcasting System), from
Farewell to the Queen Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, from Contemporary Africa Database Sierra Leone, from Airline History |
Biographies |
Famous Sierra Leoneans, from Nations Encyclopedia African Women Bibliographic Database |
Others |
J.K. Trotter, The Niger sources and the borders of the new Sierra Leone protectorate
1898, IA |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from Regnal Chronologies;
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) Heads of State of Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia |
Lists of Ambassadors |
List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia Article : United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone, from Wikipedia Chinese Ambassadors to Sierra Leone, from PRC MOFA |
Lists of Consuls |
Political Graveyard : U.S. Consular Officials in Sierra Leone |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Statistics Sierra Leone |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Sierra Leone, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2002);
from IFES Election Guide (since 1999);
from African Elections Database, since 1957 Elections and Electoral Systems around the world : Sierra Leone, from Area Studies, at Keele |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Official Gazettes |
Hemerotheques |
Selected Articles |
History of Sierra Leone, from World History Archives Sierra Leone Archive, from Africa Online News, articles since 2003 Sierra Leone Index, from Africa Online News Archives, from Sierra Leone Org, News Bulletins 1994-2003 Sierra Leone and the Liberated Areas, pp.327-335, 463-469 in Colonial magazine and commercial-maritime journal, Volume 6 1841 |
Modern Newspapers | links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers |
Staatskalender |
British Online Archives, Sierra Leone Blue Books 1824-1943 |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Accidental Collections |
Universal Collections Items on Sierra Leone |
License Plates : Sierra Leone, from Francoplaque,
from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports; scroll down Airline Timetable Images : Sierra Leone |
Archival Deposits |
National Archives, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Archive Records |
Constitutions, Laws |
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Sierra Leone, from
ILO, 33 docs. since 1961 Sierra Leone, from Internet Law Library A rev. ed. of the ordinances of the colony of Sierra Leone 1908, IA A short sketch of temporary regulations (until better shall be proposed) : for the intended settlement of the Grain Coast of Africa, near Sierra Leone 1788, IA Sierra Leone, with the Settlements at Gambia and on the Gold Coast, pp.492-534 in C. Clark, A Summary of Colonial Law, the Practice of the Court of Appeals from the Plantations, and of the Laws and Their Administration in All the Colonies 1834, GB |
Treaties |
Peace Agreements Digital Collection : Sierra Leone, from United States Institute of Peace |
Consular Reports |
Despatches from United States consuls in Sierra Leone, 1858-1906 (1960) IA |
Document Surveys | British Library, Sierra Leone Official Publications |
Document Collections |
Daily Life in Sierra Leone. The Sherbro 1936-1937, online exhibition at
UPenn Museum Archives Foreign Office (British) : Correspondence with the Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana .. (1860), IA Truth Commissions : Sierra Leone, from United States Institute of Peace |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Surveys and Lands Division, Ministry of Lands, Housing & Environment,
National Mapping Agencies in Africa |
collections : West Africa | Historical Map Archive : Historical Maps of West Africa |
collections : Sierra Leone |
Atlas of Sierra Leone, from Wikimedia Commons Sierra Leone Maps, PCL, UTexas Sierra Leone Web : Historical Maps of Sierra Leone |
West Africa, Modern |
West Africa, Contemporary |
d'Anville, Carte de la Cote de Guinee, 1729, Gallica H. Moll 1729 : West Africa, Urhobo Historical Society Imago Mundi, Carte de l'Afrique occidentale française, Vidal de la Blache c.1910 West Africa 1914, from Heritage History Humtec, AOF c. 1930s AOF 1936 Missions protestantes en A.O.F., 1950, Carte d'implantation des differentes societes de missions protestante, 1952, DEFAP Carte des fuseaux horaires de l'Afrique occidentale française 1912, Gallica Carte zootechnique de l'Afrique occidentale française 1906, Gallica Repartition approximative des peuplements naturels de caoutchouc (AOF) 1906, Gallica AOF 1936, Wikipedia Guinea (i.e. most of French West Africa) 1936, Probert Encyclopedia Carte de Soudan Occidental 1893, 1894, Gallica |
Sierra Leone, Modern |
Sierra Leone, Ethnic Map, 1969, Nationmaster |
Sierra Leone, Historical |
Bonne Guinea 1771,
Wikimedia Commons R. de Lannoy de Bissy, Carte de l'Afrique ?l'?helle de 1:2 000 000. 23, Free Town, Gallica Soudan Occidental, 1890, Gallica The Map Database : Coast of Guinea and Bay of Sierra Liona [Guinea, Sierra Leone] - 1732 Map of Sierra Leone 1842, from Discovering Bristol Sierra Leone 1906, Sierra Leone 1932, Probert Encyclopedia Sierra Leone 1913, from britishempire.co.uk |
Detail, Modern |
Detail, Contemporary |
J. Janssonius heirs, Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones regna, n.d., Gallica Dheulland Sculp, Baye de Sierra Leona, 18th C., Gallica Carte Française du Cap Blanc a Sierra Leone, n.d. (18th C.), Gallica Bellin, Partie de la coste de Guin? depuis la rivi?e de Sierra Leona jusqu'au cap das Palmas, 1746, Gallica Bellin, Carte de la coste et pays voisins des rivi?es de Sierra Leona et de Sherbro, 18th C., Gallica Carte de l'entr? de la rivi?e de Sierra Leona quon appelle aussi Mitomba ou Tagrim, Gallica U.S. Army Map Service, West Africa 1:250,000, 1955-, PCL, UTexas Carte de l'Afrique a l'echelle de 1:2 000 000. 23. Free Town 1884, 23. Free Town 1892, 24. Segou Sikoro 1884, 24. Segou Sikoro 1892, Gallica Africa 1:2.000.000, U.S. Army Map Service, sheet 16 Monrovia (1978), PCL, UTexas |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Articles
Sierra Leone,
Freetown,
from Meyers Konversationslexikon, 1885-1892 edition, in German Article Sierra Leone, from Brockhaus Konversationslexikon 1894-1896, in German Articles Sierra Leone, Freetown, from EB 1911 |
Religious |
Article Sierra Leone, from Catholic Encyclopedia |
Economic |
Sierra Leone pp.341-342 in J. MacFarlane,
Economic geography, c. 1910, GB |
Geographical |
Sierra Leone and Bulam, p.803 in part 2 of W. Guthrie, A New geographical, historical and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world 1798, GB |
Historical |
Parliamentary Debates |
Hansard (British Parliament) Sierra Leone House of Representatives, Parliamentasry Debates 1875 IA, 1876 IA, 1877 IA, 1893 IA, 1895 IA, 1899 IA |
Travelogues |
A.M. Falconbridge, Two voyages to Sierra Leone during the years 1791-2-3: in a series of letters
1794, GB T. Coke, An interesting narrative of a mission, sent to Sierra Leone, in Africa, 1812, GB A.G. Laing, E. Sabine, Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima countries 1825, GB F.H. Rankin, The white man's grave : a visit to Sierra Leone, in 1834, vol.1 1836, vol.2 1836, GB |
Residence Memoirs |
E. Colville of Culross, A residence at Sierra Leone 1849, GB |
Institutions | Archives |
Musea |
Museums in Sierra Leone, from International Council of
African Museums |
Monuments |
Libraries |
National Libraries of Africa : Sierra Leone |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Sierra Leone banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money;
from World Currency Museum Collection of Coins : Sierra Leone, bilingual Russian-English page |
Stamps |
Stamps Sierra Leone 1861-1912, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by
Evert Klaseboer;
Rare Sierra Leone Stamps from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on Sierra Leone | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature,
African Women,
Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography |
general bibliographies |
pp.237-279 in C.P. Foray, Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, Metuchen NJ : Scarecrow 1977 [G] P.C. Andersen, Bibliography, posted on Sierra Leone Web |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
serial publications |
general bibliographies Sierra Leone entries |
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language) Sierra Leone-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna |
booksellers |
Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
Gallica International Boundary Studies |
on Sierra Leone |
Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL),
African Digital Library (ADL) |
Online Journals | full text online |
Table of Contents Online |
General Accounts |
Univ. of Bradford, Transformation of War Economies Project : Bibliography for Sierra Leone and West Africa Christopher Fyfe, A History of Sierra Leone, Oxford : UP 1963 Richart West, Back to Africa. A History of Sierra Leone and Liberia from their origins as settlements for freed English and American blacks to the present day, NY : Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1970 [G] Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.905-909 Article Western Africa : Siera Leone. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29 |
Specific Topics |
Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German,
posted by DTBSWS, chapter Sierra Leone, pp.26-29 |
Historical Dictionaries |
Cecil P. Foray, Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1977 [G] |