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1. Bunce Island and the Gate of No Return

   ... most striking is the former slave fort on Bunce Island in Sierra Leone as it once played a major role in the Atlantic slave ... slaves that would become Freetown, the capital of modern Sierra Leone. The slavers from Bunce Island tried to destroy ...

   Ed Whelan - 11/02/2020 - 01:53

2. Tracing the Unknown Origins of the Enigmatic Nomoli Figures

   Legend has it that the people of Sierra Leone in  Africa  first uncovered hundreds of extraordinary ... or hunting for diamonds. Legend has it that the people of Sierra Leone in  Africa  first uncovered hundreds of ...

   mrreese - 18/03/2023 - 00:57

3. Professor reveals evidence that Athenian epidemic of 430 BC was first recorded Ebola outbreak

   ... three countries in particular – Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Thus far, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has ... a government publication on the spread of Ebola in Guinea Sierra Leone as of July 2014 ( Wikimedia Commons ) Some ...

   Robin Whitlock - 19/06/2015 - 03:44

4. 3.6-Million-Year-Old Footprints Imply That an Ancient Hominin Was a Tall, Dominant, and Polygamous Male

   ... observations during a voyage of six thousand miles from Sierra Leone to St. Paul de Loanda and return, including the Rio del ...

   Theodoros Karasavvas - 16/12/2016 - 14:51

5. Epic Voyage of Vasco da Gama Connected Europe to the East

   ... seafarers had reached as far south as present-day Sierra Leone. The Portuguese arrived in the Congo in 1482 and 4 ...

   dhwty - 03/02/2020 - 13:55

6. Hurricane Irma Leaves Island of Barbuda Uninhabited for the First Time in 4,000 Years

   ... and Ejo tribes of Nigeria, and from Ghana, Gambia, and Sierra Leone. White servants were also brought from the United ...

   ancient-origins - 16/09/2017 - 14:01

7. The Age of Discovery: A New World Dawns

   ... Portuguese had made it as far south as what is currently Sierra Leone . Subsequently the Portuguese explored the Gulf of ...

   dhwty - 27/01/2020 - 23:02

8. The Asante Empire of Ghana and the Anglo-Asante Wars

   ... conflict. Therefore, in 1828, the British withdrew to Sierra Leone, and paid the London Committee of Merchants to maintain ...

   dhwty - 08/02/2022 - 22:00

9. The Walls of Benin: Four Times Longer Than The Great Wall of China!

   ... of African porters from the British military base at Sierra Leone. A three-pronged attack was launched by Rawson on Benin ...

   dhwty - 25/12/2021 - 14:00