Sierra Leone Creole people

infobox ethnic group
group = The Sierra Leone Creole


poptime =339,917 - 5.4% of Sierra Leone's populationFamous Sierra Leoneans from the Krio ethnic group:
Monty Jones, Valentine Strasser, Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Andrew Juxon-Smith, Herbert George-Williams, Christiana Thorpe, David Carew, Jeillo Edwards, Abioseh Davidson Nicol, Syl Cheney-Coker, Winstanley Bankole Johnson, Prince Harding, Ade Renner Thomas, Clifford Nelson Fyle
popplace = *Western Area (comprises Freetown and its surrounding suburbs)
langs = Krio language
rels = Christianity
related = Americo-Liberian, African American, West IndiansThe Sierra Leone Creole (or Krios) are an ethnic group in Sierra Leone, they are descendants of freed slaves from the West Indies, freed African American slaves from the United States, and Liberated Africans. [http://books.google.com/books?id=BMY79c675JsC&pg=PR18&dq=black+loyalist&sig=2RjiWzgMaCbeh2BgI4QGMRl-fBA#PPA95,M1] , which landed in Freetown between 1787 and about 1855 (or possibly as late as 1860). [cite web |url=http://www2.hu-berlin.de/angl/WAfr/intro/sierraleone.html |title= Sierra Leone: Brief Introduction|accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=English in West Africa |publisher=Institute of English and American Studies, Humboldt University] They make up about 5.4% of the country's total population, and they live primarily in the Western Area (comprises the capital Freetown and its surrounding suburbs). The Krios form the single largest ethnic group in Freetown at about 29% of the city's population. They have been the subject of many social science books.

Like their Americo-Liberian neighbors, Krios are of considerable European ancestry because some of the African American and West Indian settlers were descended from American and European slave owners. Also, because of considerable intermarriage between the Europeans who settled in the colony and the settlers, many Krios have Caucasian ancestry. Alongside the Americo-Liberians, they are the only recognised ethnic group of African American [cite book | last = Poplack | first = Shana | authorlink = | coauthors = Sali Tagliamonte | title = African English in the diaspora | publisher = Blackwell publishing | date = 2001 | url = http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=zDPRIKBIosQC&pg=PA41&sig=yJcz6vXz58PLNve8YEpVbMzBPZo#PPR5,M1 | isbn = 0631212663] and West Indian descent inside West Africa.

Language

The Krios speak a distinctive Krio, (based on English and African languages. The Krio language is widely spoken throughout Sierra Leone and is understood by 97% of the country's population.

Early Creole Society

A number of free African American [ cite web|url=http://www.novascotialife.com/?q=node/101 |title=Cultural Renaissance |accessdate=2007-12-09 |last=Mason |first=Tom |work=Nova Scotia come to life |publisher=Province of Nova Scotia ] and West Indian were sent to Freetown, Sierra Leone during the 1800s as well such as Daniel Coker (whose son Daniel Coker Jr. was a prominent Krio) and Edward Jones (missionary) who married a mulatto Krio of German and African American descent (Chapter 7 "Edward Jones: An African American in Sierra Leone" in Moving On: Black Loyalists in the Afro-Atlantic World ). Despite 'light skinned West Indians and African Americans moving to Freetown, Sierra Leone, there was never a divide between dark skinned and light skinned Krios as in the case of colorism in the early settler Americo-Liberian society. Krio society was based upon education; 'learn book' or "lan buk" was the aim of most Freetown Creoles. The creoles lived as free people of color 20 years before the slave trade ended and most are very proud of their heritage.

Many European traders and missionaries living in Freetown also intermarried with the Krios. During the colonial days in Freetown, Krios were British subjects and were protected and treated as British nationals. The Krio were also heavily influenced by British culture and were successful traders and government officials.

Granville Sharp was the founding father of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and it was his ideas which brought about the success of the Krios. Granville Sharp Town (now known as Cline Town) is where the descendants of the Black Poor and original Black Loyalist settlers live. The present day town of Freetown, Sierra Leone was founded by African Americans who escaped to the British during the American Revolutionary War. Since the majority of this African American group were resettled in Nova Scotia before going to Freetown, they are typically called the 'Nova Scotian settlers' and the Krio are direct descendants of this group of Black Americans. The actual area which the Nova Scotians occupied is called 'Settler Town' and that is the actual place where the African Americans initially settled. The town occupied by the Maroons was called 'Maroon Town' and it is one of the three original settler towns.

Early Creole Culture

Most of the Krio settlers were West Indians and Krio culture is influenced more by West Indian culture than any other Western slave culture. Krios rarely married indigeneous Sierra Leoneans except the Sherbro people. The offspring of Krios who married Natives were not considered Krios and were considered Native. Sherbros are the only ethnic group to which Krios intermarried and whose offspring were still referred to as Krios.

The settlers spoke Jamaican Patois (and/or Jamaican Creole), African American Vernacular English, and a form of Gullah [ [http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/article.php3?id_article=1424&var_recherche=krio Sierra Leone-Gullah Connection ] ] . Presently the Krio language is the national language of Sierra Leone, spoken throughout the country.

Krios are mostly found in Sierra Leone's Western Area partically in Freetown, the capital city. They make up about 4% of Sierra Leone population and at one point accounted for 7% of the population. Many Krios live in diaspora in the United States (particularly on the East Coast), or in Europe. In the early 1800s-1820s many of the descendants of the Liberated Africans resided in the suburbs or "villages" in Freetown, while the descendants of the settlers mainly resided in the town of Freetown itself. All Krios have some degree of slave ancestry; whether through settler or recaptive heritage, or most times through both [ [http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/article.php3?id_article=1932&var_recherche=cassandra+garber Exclusive: Engineer Garber talks about the ABGNM ] ] .

History and Background of the Creoles

The ancestors of the creole include the "Black Poor" (from England), African Americans (en route from Nova Scotia), Black Nova Scotians (of African American ancestry) [ The Creoles of Sierra Leona, blurrymind 2007 http://blurrymind.com/ ] , Maroons (from Jamaica), West Indians (mainly from the Barbadian and Jamaican West India Regiment whose Second and Fourth divisions were disbanded in Sierra Leone in 1819 and numbered around April 1,030), and 38 African Americans who were taken there by Paul Cuffe (the thirty eight black Americans consisted of nine families mainly from Boston. The Elizabeth (Mayflower of Liberia) also left New York Harbor and transported another 86 African Americans to Freetown in 1820). Also in 1829, 85 Barbadian slaves were taken to Freetown, Sierra Leone and were at first convicts, but were later on released and became wealthy people in Freetown, Sierra Leone. These six major groups of freed people of color were known as the 'Settlers'. [Flynn, Daniel. "Krio heritage rich but crumbling in Sierra Leone" The Scotsman, September 10, 2007 (Accessed September 12 [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1445732007 here] )] The Liberated Africans are also the ancestors of some of the Creoles and they provided an influx of new immigrants comprised of mainly Yorubas and Igbos. The 'recaptives' initially did not mix with the 'settlers' and did not intermarry. Various groups of African Americans and West Indians also kept on migrating to Freetown during the 19th century. Some creoles are of European and/or Native American (of which it is mostly Cherokee or Taino) ancestry through their 'Settler heritage'. The Creoles were traders and an elite class in Freetown and in Colonial Sierra Leone during the 19th century. Many creoles were educated abroad, and many also spread Christianity and their lingua franca throughout West Africa.

Early settlers and Recaptives

The first settlers of Freetown, Sierra Leone were the Black Poor (made up of African Americans and West Indians) and they numbered around 400 [ [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/sierraleone.htm British Empire: The Map Room: Africa: Sierra Leone ] ] (many of the Black Poor were Black Loyalists (who were African Americans) who went to England to petition for a land of their own and at least half of the 400 Black Poor were African Americans). The journey from England killed many of them but enough survived to establish and build a colony. Seventy white women also came with the Black Poor to Sierra Leone and they were the black men's girlfriends, though they are traditionally depicted as prostitutes from Deptford. At that time Sierra Leone was known as the 'Province of Freedom' and Freetown was named 'Granville Town' after the English abolitionist Granville Sharp. The settlement at that time was negotiated between a Temne chief, King Tom and initially there was no hostility between the two groups. However things changed greatly when King Tom died and the next Temne chief began to demand gifts from the new residents. When the settlers were unable to fulfill the new chief's demands the Temne ransacked Granville Town and took some Black Poor into slavery while others became slave traders. Some of the Black Poor took care of themselves as best as possible until Alexander Falconbridge returned in early 1791, though he was only able to find 64 of the original Black Poor (which consisted of 39 black men, 19 black women, and six white women). The remaining 64 people were left in the care of a Greek (who was Falconbridge's personal servant and left in charge of the few remaining colonists) called Thomas Kallingree (http://books.google.com/books?id=BMY79c675JsC&pg=PR18&dq=black+loyalist&sig=2RjiWzgMaCbeh2BgI4QGMRl-fBA#PPA105,M1) at Fourah Bay (an abandoned African village) the new Granville Town and they were referred to as the 'Old Settlers'. Sharp believed the colony needed more settlers and he decided to bring African Americans from Nova Scotia; despite the failure of the last colony. These African Americans populated the city more than the Black Poor as they came in hundreds, totaling 1,192 in all. These settlers despite living in Nova Scotia were originally of African American descent; they were slaves who escaped to the British during the Revolutionary War. Upon settling in Freetown, they eventually began to intermarry with the few remaining Black Poor, and created a fusion of two different black communities. The African American settlers spoke Gullah and African American Vernacular English. The next arrivals were the Jamaican Maroons or the 'Nova Scotian Maroons'(these Maroons came specifically from Trelawny Town one of the five cities in Jamaica where the Maroons lived; most of them were of Ashanti origin), these runaway ex slaves numbered around 551 and they helped quell some of the riots against the British from the settlers. The Maroons also protected the colony settlers from indigeneous tribes who may have attacked them and they were known for being quite fierce [ [http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sierraleone.htm Economic History of Sierra Leone ] ] . The next migrations were smaller; thirty eight African Americans (consisting of nine families) migrated to Freetown, Sierra Leone and West Indian soldiers from the West India Regiment also settled in Freetown (and lived mainly in Hastings and Waterloo after being discharged). Among the names of those Black Americans who went to Freetown, Sierra Leone they included; Perry Lockes and Prince Saunders from Boston, Abraham Thompson and Peter Williams from New York [ http://www.google.co.uk/books?id=puvJZisZAYkC&pg=PA186&dq=traveler+paul+cuffe+boston&sig=3YzLolzSSpfbvkXslB8ffj8WLMU ] . The settlers began to mix and soon thought highly of themselves and prided themselves on their English compared to that of other ethnic groups and also their Christianity.

The settling of Recaptives

The last and major group of immigrants to the colony were the Liberated Africans [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mYBZR4eALwgC&pg=PA161&dq=krio+freetown+settler&sig=YVytLwbFxyqa_-Y2k7JMuyJftE0#PPA161,M1] who consisted of mainly Yorubas and Igbos, but also Senegalese, Ghanaians, Nigerian fulanis (who are related to the Fulas of Sierra Leone but are not the same group neither are they descended from each other) and Angolians. This thoroughly African group gave the modern day creoles their African influence and some of their African customs. While the settlers gave the creoles their Christianity, some of their customs, and their Western influence; the Liberated Africans modified their customs and culture to that of the early settlers yet kept some of their ethnic traditions [http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/article.php3?id_article=270&var_recherche=krio] . Initially the Recaptives were thought of as 'uncivilised' and 'barbaric' by the early settlers. The British intervened and ensured recaptives became firmly rooted in Freetown society; they served in the army with the West India Regiment and they were apprentices in the houses of settlers as well. Sometimes if a recaptive's parents died they would be adopted by a settler family. This culminated in the two groups mixing and mingling together in society. [Knörr, Jacqueline: Kreolisierung versus Pidiginisierung als Kategorien kultureller Differenzierung. Varianten neoafrikanischer Identität und Interethnik in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 1995.] As the recaptives began to trade and spread Christianity throughout West Africa, they began to dominate Freetown society and soon the 'settlers' society began to collapse. The recaptives began to intermarry with the older settlers and the two groups became a fushion of African and Western society. It has been said that some of the Krio recaptives were of Temne, Susu, Mandinka, and Mende origin and that these slaves were settled in the villages of Kosso (Kossa), Regent, Glouchester; this is false none of these ethnic groups are the ancestors of the Krio though they were settled in the villages as Liberated Africans. Ethnic tension was high among the different tribes and especially Temne and those other ethnic groups. None of these recaptives are the ancestors of the Krio and most were not actual recaptives but were migrants to the colony which was originally formed for the Krio. Not all Recaptives were the ancestors of the Krios, most retained their ethnic identity through the years [http://www.sierra-leone.org/freetown1848.html] .

African Americans and West Indians in the Colony

Initially when the African American settlers were settled in Freetown, Sierra Leone there wastension between them and the Sierra Leone Company Officials. Some Black Americans started their own settlement at Pirate Bay and others decided to join Temne rebels. The tension reached its boiling point when in 1800 some elder leaders in the Settler Community decided to rebel and apparently threatened the Sierra Leone Company leaders with violence. During the revolt, the Jamaican Maroons who were from Jamaica but were settled in Nova Scotia before coming to Sierra Leone, had just landed in Freetown. The Maroons put down the revolt and were granted the land of the Nova Scotian rebels. The English favored the Maroons over the Nova Scotians and despised the American way of the Settlers. The Maroons were given government positions and soon the Nova Scotians were forced to occupy their own jobs such as trading. This caused great animosity between the Maroons and the Settlers; the two groups hating each other and having the uttermost contempt for the other group. The British soon took over the Colony and the American currency of dollars and cents was rid of. The Nova Scotians eventually became the least favored of all the immigrants and because of them large migrations of African American settlers to Sierra Leone was not allowed in Freetown (except with the 38 settlers brought by Paul Cuffe and the 86 settlers brought by the Mayflower). West Indians were allowed to come in large migrations; many waves of Jamaicans and Barbadians came to Freetown; some settling in the Villages while others buying lots in Freetown itself. The mulatto governor from 1845 of Freetown was William Fergusson and no Nova Scotian settler ever served as governor. African Americans such as Daniel Coker and Edward Jones were criticised for their involvement in the politics and served as missionaries. West Indians dominated the poitical scene of Freetown and did so until British racism and the rise of the Liberated Africans in power lessened their influence.

Modern Culture

Krio culture is unlike that of most other ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, and it is typical of Westernized cultures and ideals. The only group of people whose culture is similar (in terms of embrace of Western culture) to the Krio, are the Sherbro people. Because many Sherbros interacted with Portuguese and English traders and even intermarried with them (producing Afro-European clans such as the Sherbro Tuckers and Sherbro Caulkers) they have a more westernized culture than that of other Sierra Leone ethnic groups.

Creoles have inherited a wide range of tales from their ancestors. They entertain and provide instruction in Creole values and traditions. Among the best loved are stories about the spider. The following is a typical spider tale:

Once the spider was fat. He loved eating, but detested work and had not planted or fished all season. One day the villagers were preparing a feast. From his forest web, he could smell the mouth-watering cooking. He knew that if he visited friends, they would feed him as was the custom. So he called his two sons and told both of them to tie a rope around his waist and set off in opposite directions for the two closest villages, each holding one end of the rope. They were to pull on the rope when the food was ready. But both villages began eating at the same time, and when the sons began pulling the rope, it grew tighter and tighter, squeezing the greedy spider. When the feasting was over and the sons came to look for him, they found a big head, a big body, and a very thin waist!Fact|date=October 2007

cite book |A Long Way Gone|Beah|Ishmael|2007|Fourth Estate|London|978-0-00-724708-0|

Creoles practice certain African rituals in connection with rites of passage. One such ceremony is the awujoh feast, intended to win the protection of ancestral spirits. Awujoh feasts are held for newborns and newlyweds, and on other occasions.

When someone dies, pictures in the house are turned toward the wall. At the wake held before the burial, people clap loudly to make sure the corpse is not merely in a trance. The next day the body is washed, placed in shrouds (burial cloths), and laid on a bed for a final viewing. Then it is placed in a coffin and taken to the church for the service, and then to the cemetery for burial.

The mourning period lasts one year. On the third, seventh, and fortieth day after death, awujoh feasts are held. The feast on the fortieth day marks the spirit's last day on earth. The family and guests eat a big meal. Portions of the meal are placed into a hole for the dead. The pull mohning day—the end of mourning—occurs at the end of one year. The mourners wear white, visit the cemetery, and then return home for refreshments.

Relationships

The Creoles are a sociable people, given to joking and teasing. Common gestures include handslapping and handshaking.

The Creoles still observe traditional dating and marriage customs. Marriage is still viewed as a contract between two families. Relatives seek out prospective mates for their kin from desirable families. When a mate has been chosen, the groom's parents set a "put stop" day. After this day the girl can no longer entertain other suitors. On the evening before the wedding, the groom's friends treat him to "bachelor's eve," a rowdy last fling before marriage.

Living Conditions

Creole families typically live in two-story wooden houses reminiscent of those found in the West Indies or Louisiana. Despite their dilapidated appearance, they have a distinctive air, with dormers, box windows, shutters, glass panes, and balconies. The elite live in attractive neighborhoods like Hill Station, above Freetown. A large dam in the mountains provides a reliable supply of water and electricity.

At rush hour, downtown Freetown is congested with Landcruisers, Volkswagens, and Japanese cars. Broken-down cars are abandoned and left to rust in the "car cemeteries" of Freetown's back streets. Most people travel by taxi. Fares are negotiated before the ride, with the passenger usually offering half of what the driver demands. Pickup trucks (lorries) with wooden benches in the back provide rural transportation. These are efficient but overcrowded and carry rice bags, cassava, bushels of fruit, and chickens, as well as people, and sport a variety of colorful graffiti. Buses ply the main roads between provincial cities but are more expensive.

Freetown once had a reputation for being the "white man's grave" because of its endemic malaria. Large, deep drainage canals now carry off much of the monsoon rain, reducing the number of flies and mosquitoes. Health care is still not available to many Sierra Leoneans, and this is reflected in the country's low life expectancy of 49 years.

Family life

Unlike the other ethnic group in Sierra Leone, Creoles live in nuclear families (father, mother, and their children), but the extended family is important to them. Family members who do well are expected to help those who are less fortunate. They assist poorer relatives with school fees and job opportunities. Women typically shoulder the greatest domestic burdens. In most families, women care for the children, clean house, do the marketing, cook meals, wash dishes and clothes, and carry wood and water.

Clothing

Today, pop fashions—jeans, T-shirts, and sneakers—are very much in style among young people. However, older Creoles still dress conservatively in Western-style suits and dresses. On Sunday mornings, Anglicans and Catholics in Freetown wear their Sunday finery to church. For everyday, women wear simpler dresses, skirts and blouses, or the lappa (traditional wraparound) with an African blouse.

Food

Creoles typically eat three meals a day, the largest in the morning or near midday. Some creoles eat the noonday meal is foo-foo, a dough-like paste made of cassava pounded into flour. Foo-foo is always eaten with a "palaver sauce" or "plassas." This is a spicy dish consisting of leafy greens with tripe (sheep or goat stomach), fish, beef, salt pork, and chicken. A west African one-pot meal, jollof rice, is also popular. Other favorites include rice with various sauces, rice bread, and salad. Creoles enjoy alcoholic drinks such as beer, gin, and palm wine.

Cultural Heritage

During the colonial period, educated Creoles were known for their African and European culture. In the late 1800s, the Creole upper class was more interested in literary societies, public lectures, and piano recitals than in African drumming and dancing. Today Creole attitudes toward their own culture has not changed and they still retain their unique identity. Some Creoles participate in Sierra Leone's internationally famous National Dance Troupe.

Krio Diaspora

The Creole homeland is a mountainous, narrow peninsula on the coast of west Africa. The whole of Sierra Leone covers some 28,000 square miles (72,500 square kilometers), roughly the size of South Carolina. At its northern tip lies Freetown, the Sierra Leonean capital. The peninsula's mountain range is covered by tropical rain forests split by deep valleys and adorned with impressive waterfalls. White sand beaches line the Atlantic coast.

As a result of normal immigration patterns, the Sierra Leone Civil War, and some discrimination at home, many Krios live abroad in the United States and the United Kingdom. What has been called the 'Krio Diaspora' is the migration of Krios abroad. Many Krios attend formal and informal gatherings, and there is Krio Heritage Society based in New York City. Historically, Krios spread Christianity and their lingua franca throughout West Africa, and because of this there are a number of Krio communities in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, and Liberia. Many Krios traded throughout West Africa and some did not return home but kept their trading posts in the country where they traded. For instance Krios who went back to Nigeria were known as Saros and there is still a thriving community of them there. Many recaptives returned to their original homes after being freed in Freetown, and most kept their Anglo names thus taking their new identity back to their homelands.

ee also

*Sierra Leone Creole Settlers
*Sierra Leone Liberated Africans
*Freetown, Sierra Leone

ierra Leone Creoles, Louisiana and the Gullah

The Sierra Leone Creole people being of African American ancestry share some cultural Gullah habits and also some of the African American settlers were originally a type of Gullah people. The main slave ancestors of the Krio were originally Yoruba and Igbo; some also hail from Ghana but most Krios have no connection to Sierra Leone genetically despite being settled there. The creole of Sierra Leone and the Louisiana Creole also share some similarities but are they neither related nor are the Sierra Leone creoles descendants of the Louisiana Creoles.

Krio Heritage

The average creole has a mixed heritage of Liberated African, West Indian, African American, and Black Nova Scotian descent. A number of Americo-Liberians also immigrated to Sierra Leone and their descendants were known as Creoles. Also some Creoles immigrated to Liberia and their descendants became known as Americo-Liberians such as the Case of Charles D.B. King.

Notable Sierra Leone Creoles people

Politicians

*Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, served as the Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 1962 to 1967.
*Andrew Juxon-Smith, former Head of State of Sierra Leone; part Mende, Krio and Sherbro
*Herbert George-Williams, current mayor of Freetown.
*Adelaide Casely-Hayford, Sierra Leonean advocate, nationalism, and educationist
*John Henry Malamah Thomas, mayor of Freetown from 1904-1912
*Abioseh Davidson Nicol, author and former Sierra Leone ambassador to the United Nations
*Ade Renner Thomas, current Chief Justice of Sierra Leone
*David Carew, current Sierra Leone Minister of Finance
*Dr.Christiana Thorpe, current chief of the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission
*Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings, mayor of Freetown from 1948-1954
*Christopher Cole, former Sierra Leone's Governor-General and Chief Justice
*Winstanley Bankole Johnson, mayor of Freetown from 2004-2008
*Prince Harding, Sierra Leone minister of transportation and communication from 2002-2007
*Dennis Bright, Sierra Leone's sport minister from 2002-2007
*John 'Johnny' Taylor, Krio trader during colonial era
*Brigadier-General Arthur Nelson-Williams, The Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces spokesman
*Dr. John Augustus Abayomi-Cole, Sierra Leonean medical doctor, herbalist and politician.
*Sir Samuel Lewis, first mayor of Freetown
*Isaac Wallace-Johnson, Sierra Leonean journalist and a politician
*Herbert Bankole Bright, was Sierra Leonean medical doctor and politician
*William John Campbell, former mayor of Freetown
*Tom Carew, Chief of Defence Staff of Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces from April 2000 to November 2003
*Edmund Cowan, former speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone
*Valentine Strasser, Head of State of Sierra Leone from 1992-1996

Football stars

*Christian Caulker, Sierra Leonean football star
*Albert Cole, Sierra Leonean footbal star
*Obi Metzger, Sierra Leonean football star
*John Keister, Sierra Leonean football star
*Albert Jarrett, Sierra Leonean football star

Writers and activists

*Syl Cheney-Coker, poet, novelist, and journalist from Sierra Leone
*Jeillo Edwards, Sierra Leonean actress
*FannyAnn Eddy, Sierra Leonean gay rights activist.
*Clifford Nelson Fyle, Sierra Leonean journalist and composer of the Sierra Leone National anthem

Entertainers

*Daddy Saj, Sierra Leonean rapper
*Dr. Oloh, Sierra Leonean musician
*S. E. Rogie, Sierra Leonean musician
*Frederick McCormack, Sierra Leonean actor

From other sports

* Eunice Barber, Sierra Leonean athlete competing in heptathlon and long jump.
* Horace Dove-Edwin, a retired Sierra Leonean sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres

Footnotes