Bo, Sierra Leone
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Bo, also commonly referred to as Bo Town, is the second largest city in Sierra Leone by population and the largest city in the Southern Province. It is the capital and administrative centre of Bo Dist
Bo City Sierra Leone
Mende people
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The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35.5% of the total population, which is slightly larger t
Bo, Sierra Leone
…to a significant population of many of Sierra Leone's ethnic groups, with no single ethnic group forming a majority. Bo is the principal home of the Mende people, who form the plurality of the city's population. As with most parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language of the Sierra Leone Creole people is by far the…
Mende musicians in 1936
Boys returning from their initiation in the Poro, 1936. Photo by Sjoerd Hofstra
Mende women with a masked Sande society leader.
A Mende woman in the village of Njama quee in Moyamba District.