20 Icons of Sierra Leone
She championed girl’s education
He composed the music to the National Anthem
A Temne-Loko Revolutionary who led a revolt to challenge Colonial Fiscal policies and a Mende Revolutionary who fought his way back home after being enslaved during the transatlantic trade
A 19th Century Limba Chief who ruled the Chiefdom of Biriwa and led the Limba people through ordeals
A Sherbro Settler who fought in the American Revolutionary War, and with over a thousand black Americans, established Freetown
A World War II Hero who’s bomber was shot down in German territory, and taken Prisoner of War
3 Pioneering Women Paramount Chiefs
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Student Version
Written for all readers, especially young people. Includes history timelines, related subject inserts, and a list of reading references for further research. Icons include Icons Bai Bureh, Dr. Davidson Nicol, Adelaide Casely-Hayford, John Kizell, and others.
Children's Version
Short bios of Icons written especially for children. Includes quiz questions at the end of each page related to each Icon. Icons include Bai Bureh, Dr. Lettie Stuart, Madam Honoria Bailor-Caulker, Almamy Suluku, Dr. Davidson Nicol, Adama Kai, and others.
Dr. Arthur Abraham
Mende Historian who helped transform Sierra Leone history
John Akar
Composed the music to the National Anthem
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Alhaji Momodu Allie
One of the longest serving Fula Chiefs in Sierra Leone
Madam Bailor-Caulker
Ruler of Kagboro Chiefdom and champion of Women's rights
Bai Bureh
Led a revolt against Colonial policies
Olayinka Burney-Nicol
Influential in pioneering contemporary Sierra Leonean art
A. Casely-Hayford
Established a school for girls in the 1920s
Dr. M.C.F. Easmon
Founding Curator of the National Museum
Adama Kai Kargbo
Took Sierra Leonean fashion to the world stage
Dr. Sheik Umar Khan
Hero during the 2014 Ebola Pandemic
John Kizell
Influential in the founding of Freetown & Liberia
Madam Woki Massaqoui
Ruler of the Vai people in Sierra Leone
Ahmed Janka Nabay
Promoted Bubu music on the global stage
Dr. Davidson Nicol
Groundbreaking research of Insulin
Sengbeh Pieh
Led a revolt on board the Amistad slave ship in 1839
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John Henry Smythe
Fought in Germany during WWII as Bomber Navigator
Dr. Lettie Stuart
2nd female Graduate of Fourah Bay College
Almamy Suluku
19th Century Limba Chief and Diplomat
Harry Washington
Fled the plantation of U.S. President George Washington
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Madam Yoko
Paramount Chief during the Hut Tax War
