61. Map & Graph: Countries By People: Ethnic Groups Map Graph People Ethnic groups by country. 20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, mende 30%, other European 20%, Malay 10% (no indigenous population (2001 http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/peo_eth_gro

Supporter Benefits Signup Login Sources ... Pies Factoid #15 Most people live in poverty in most African countries. Interesting Facts Make your own graph: Hold down Control and click on several. Compare All Top 5 Top 10 Top 20 Top 100 Bottom 100 Bottom 20 Bottom 10 Bottom 5 All (desc) in category: Select Category Agriculture Crime Currency Democracy Economy Education Energy Environment Food Geography Government Health Identification Immigration Internet Labor Language Manufacturing Media Military Mortality People Religion Sports Taxation Transportation Welfare with statistic: view: Correlations Printable graph / table Pie chart Scatterplot with ... * Asterisk means graphable. Added May 21 Mortality stats Multi-users ½ price Catholic stats Related Stats People who viewed "People - Ethnic groups" also viewed: Ethnic groups (note) Net migration rate Nationality (adjective) Persons per room ... People : Ethnic groups by country Scroll down for more information Show map full screen Country Description Sierra Leone 20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole (Krio) 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-18th century)

62. Sierra Leone (11/03) PEOPLE The indigenous population is made up of 18 ethnic groups. The Temne in the north and the mende in the South are the largest. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5475.htm

[Print Friendly Version] Bureau of African Affairs November 2003 Background Note: Sierra Leone PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Sierra Leone Geography Area: 71,740 sq. km. (29,925 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than South Carolina. Cities: Capital Freetown (est. 550,000). Provincial Capitals Southern Province Bo; Eastern Province, Kenema; Northern Province, Makeni. Terrain: Three areasmangrove swamps and beaches along the coast, wooded hills along the immediate interior, and a mountainous plateau in the interior. People Nationality: Noun and adjective Sierra Leonean(s). Population (2002 est., no census since 1989): 4.9 million. Annual growth rate (2001 est.): 2.4%. Ethnic groups: Temne 30%, Mende 30%, Krio 1%, balance spread over 15 other tribal groups, and a small Lebanese community. Religions: (est.) Muslim 60%, Christian 30%, animist 10%. Languages: English, Krio, Temne, Mende, and 15 other indigenous languages. Education: (2001) Literacy Health: Life expectancy (2001 est.) 34.5 yrs. Access to safe water57%. Infant mortality rate Under five mortality Work force: Agriculture industry services Government Type: Republic with a democratically elected President and Parliament.

63. Sierra Leone The leader of the reconstituted Sierra Leone People’s Party Religions Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10 Languages English, mende, Temne, Krio. http://ecowas.info/slehist.htm

Useful Links Contact Us Advertise Privacy Policy ... Home SEARCH -Quick Search- - ECOWAS - -Introduction -Members -Different Roles -Defense Protocol -Development -Choose A Country -Benin -Burkina Faso -Cape Verde -Côte d'Ivoire -Gambia -Ghana -Guinea -Guinea-Bissau -Liberia -Mali -Niger -Nigeria -Senegal -Sierra Leone -Togo Advertise Contact Us Useful Links Main Page SECTIONS Fact-File Hotels History Climate ... Contact Addresses History In the late 18th century, British philanthropists decided that freed slaves should have a homeland in Africa and after much discussion amongst themselves (but not with the indigenous people of West Africa), they chose a recently acquired territory which became known as Sierra Leone. In 1821, Sierra Leone was merged with Gambia and the Gold Coast (now Ghana) to create the British West African Territories. Over the next 50 years, the British navy landed 70,000 slaves in Sierra Leone; the population of Freetown, the capital, was further boosted by the migration of indigenous tribes from the interior. Unfortunately, the new government’s priorities were almost immediately overtaken by the escalating civil war in neighbouring Liberia, which was now starting to consume Sierra Leone itself. The key factor was the alliance formed between one of the main Liberian rebel factions, the NPFL (see

64. Sierra Leone. The World Factbook. 2003 Religions Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%. can read and write English, mende, Temne, or People—note Rwanda is the most densely populated http://www.bartleby.com/151/sl.html

Select Search All Bartleby.com All Reference Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough All Verse Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. All Nonfiction Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals All Fiction Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference World Factbook PREVIOUS NEXT ... MAP INDEX The World Factbook. Sierra Leone Background Since 1991, civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population), many of whom are now refugees in neighboring countries. After several setbacks, the end to the 11-year conflict in Sierra Leone may finally be near at hand. With the support of the UN peacekeeping force and contributions from the World Bank and international community, demobilization and disarmament of the RUF and Civil Defense Forces (CDF) combatants has been completed. National elections were held in May 2002 and the government continues to slowly reestablish its authority.

65. African Languages. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 Tonality is a common feature of indigenous African languages. Liberia, and Sierra Leone, such as mende in Liberia and and English (native to many people in the http://www.bartleby.com/65/af/Africanlng.html

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66. Religious Freedom Page People Population 4,793,121 (July 1996 est.) Age 1% Religions Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30 use limited to literate minority), mende (principal vernacular http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Sierra_Leone/dem.html

Key Demographic Features of Sierra Leone* Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia Map references: Africa People Population: 4,793,121 (July 1996 est.) Age structure: -14 years: 45% (male 1,057,824; female 1,092,291) -64 years: 52% (male 1,197,547; female 1,298,834) 65 years and over: 3% (male 75,066; female 71,559) (July 1996 est.) Population growth rate: 4.14% (1996 est.) Infant mortality rate: 135.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 47.47 years male: 44.56 years female: 50.47 years (1996 est.) Ethnic divisions: 13 native African tribes 99% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 39%), Creole, European, Lebanese, and Asian 1% Religions: Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (the language of the re- settled ex-slave population of the Freetown area and is lingua franca) Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write in English, Mende, Temne, or Arabic (1995 est.)

67. WABA - West African Bankers' Association ratified Environmental Modification PEOPLE Population 5,232,624 Religions Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30 literate minority), mende (principal vernacular http://www.wabao.org/waba/infos_sleoneuk.html

West African Bankers' Association Tél: 232 22 226752 - Fax: 232 22 229024 - Email: sgeneral@wabao.org WABA What's new? ABAO recruitment About WABA Economy of West Africa ... WABA's Publications ECOWAS Informations on ECOWAS ABAO -Français- Information sur l'association et ses activités SIERRA LEONE Information on Sierra Leone Information on Sierra Leone's Economy List of Banks in Sierra Leone How to create a company INFORMATION ON SIERRA LEONE Republic of Sierra Leone National Site: www.sierraleone.gov.sl 48 Ko Background: Since 1991, civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population) many of whom are now refugees in neighboring countries. A peace agreement, signed on 7 July 1999, offers hope that the country will be able to rebuild its devastated economy and infrastructure, but previous peace efforts have failed. As of late 1999, up to 6,000 UN peacekeepers were in the process of deploying to bolster the peace accord. GEOGRAPHY: Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia

68. Liberia Country Study engaged in missionary work among indigenous people of the the northwestamong the Gbande, the mende, the Kissi categories were adherents of indigenous religions. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/liberia_2_religiousaf

Back to the Table of Contents Religious Affiliation and Ethnicity The Christian denominations most strongly represented in Liberia were the United Methodist church and the Liberian Baptist Missionary and Education Convention (more commonly, the Liberian Baptist Convention). The members of each denomination constituted roughly 17 percent of affiliated Christians in 1970. Next in size were the Roman Catholic church, the Lutheran church, and the Liberian Assemblies of God, each having between 7 and 8 percent of the affiliated Christians. The Episcopal Church of Liberia, the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, and the Church of the Lord (Aladura) each had between 3 and 4 percent of the total. The many other groups ranged in magnitude from single churches having a few hundred members to others that were made up of a number of congregations; all were very active in education and health care and had 2 percent or more of all church members. Among the larger of these were the African Methodist Episcopal church, the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church, and the Seventh-Day Adventists. Among the many smaller ones were the Presbytery of Liberia in West Africa, mainly of the Pentecostal, spiritualist, or healing variety. Some of these were still under mission control in the mid-1970s, but many others were indigenous African churches. Of the 114 denominations and independent churches in Liberia in 1970, the eight largest included more than two?thirds of all afl`iliated Christians. More than 100 groups accounted for the rest. Although most of these groups had very few members, their existence reflected a widespread trend in Africa?the proliferation of African independent churches characterized by a strong orientation toward some combination of healing and the possibility of direct experience of the Holy Spirit.

69. LANGUAGES-ON-THE-WEB: BEST XHOSA LINKS AMHARIC FULFULDE/PULAAR IGBO GANDA mende/BANDI/LOKO Nomadic Tribes Two groups of indigenous people were said Gamtoos River The Khoisan people no longer http://www.languages-on-the-web.com/links/link-xhosa.htm

language links XHOSA HOME THE BEST LINKS GUARANTEE Unlike many other web sites related to languages, only serious and useful sites are listed here. If you know a really good site for learning this language do email us GENERAL LINKS (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) XHOSA picasso.wcape.school.za/subject/xhosa/xhoshome.htm (AltaVista, Excite) XHOSA. WCSN Home Page. General Subject Index. WWW search. Sabelo's Isixhosa Home Page. Second Language. Std 6 Writing Evenkileni yempahla (dialogue) Ndim.. The Xhosa Virtual Resourse Network www.saol.co.za/xhosa/welcome.htm The Heritage Virtual Resource Network is the holding Organisation[Network] which steers and oversee all the networks within this domain.It is in this regard that The Heritage Virtual Resource Network announces the soon to be launching networks in its domain. These include the current Xhosa Network, the Sotho Network, the Afrikan Network and the Zulu Network will follow later after that. www.cyberserv.co.za/users/~jako/lang/xho.htm (Snap, Excite) South African Language: XHOSA VADA Software Talen V - Z www.vada.nl/softtvz.htm

70. Sierra Leone - Countrywatch.com with the ethnic and geographic divisions, mende is the 60 percent of the population hold indigenous belief systems that an estimated 27 percent of people in a http://aol.countrywatch.com/aol_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=153&SECTION=SOCIAL&TOPIC=CLPE

71. Joshua Project - Peoples By Country Profiles People Name General Bassari, TandaMayo. indigenous Fellowship of 100+ http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=111218&rog3=GV

72. Joshua Project - Peoples By Country Profiles People Name General Arab, Lebanese. indigenous Fellowship of 100+ http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rop3=105688&rog3=SL

73. Sierra Leone - Wikitravel English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), mende (principal vernacular in Religion, Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%. People. http://wikitravel.org/en/article/Sierra_Leone

Wikitravel Main Page About Help ... Log in The Free Travel Guide Printable version Sierra Leone From Wikitravel, the free travel guide. Flag Quick Facts Capital Freetown Government constitutional democracy Currency leone (SLL) Area total: 71,740 sq km water: 120 sq km land: 71,620 sq km Population 5,614,743 (July 2002 est.) Language English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%) Religion Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10% This article is an import from the CIA World Factbook 2002. It's a starting point for creating a real Wikitravel country article according to our country article template . Please plunge forward and edit it. Since 1991, civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population) many of whom are now refugees in neighboring countries. After several setbacks, the end to the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone may finally be near at hand. With the support of the UN peacekeeping force and contributions from the World Bank and international community, demobilization and disarmament of the RUF and Civil Defense Forces (CDF) combatants has been completed. Reestablishment of government authority throughout the country is slowly proceeding and national elections took place in May 2002.

74. ThinkQuest : Library : The Africa Game In this case, this is 60% of the people. Thirty percent have indigenous religious beliefs, and the rest (10 major ethnic groups, including the mende (about 30 http://library.thinkquest.org/J002335/SierraLeone/sierraleone.html

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75. RaceandHistory.com - Foreign Control Of African Lands And Resources The control of African (indigenous Black Africans) lands and of their lands, and like the people who are The mende agricultural complex was part of this http://www.raceandhistory.com/Zimbabwe/10092001.htm

- Pick a Site - Trinicenter TriniView Pantrinbago Online Forum RaceandHistory HowComYouCom September 10, 2001 - By Paul Barton Foreign Control of African Lands and Resources Leads to Poverty and Starvation T he conflict over Zimbabweans' lands between Zimbabwe indigenous Africans and the descendants of British settlers in Zimbabwe as well as similar coflicts elsewhere on the African continent and elsewhere, is one of the reasons for the suffering, poverty and starvation faced by many Africans, whether in Zimbabwe, Sudan or Mauritania. The major problem is that much of Africa's productive lands are in the hands of foreigners whether they arrived during the eighteen hundreds (as in Zimbabwe), or during the 1500's (as in Sudan or Mauritania) or during the 600's A.D. The control of African (indigenous Black Africans) lands and resources by non-Africans, reminds one of the control of Irish land by the English landowners of Ireland during and before the Potato Famine of the late 100's. The Irish, like many Zimbabwean small farmers today had the worse lands or no control of their lands, and like the people who are starving and are faced with poverty and lack of food in parts of Africa today, the Irish also starved and suffered because they had no control of their own lands. When one looks at the history of Zimbabwe or most of Africa, one will see a rich region where agriculture and pastoralism was born and where civilization grew out of the customs developed from the agricultural way of life.

76. The Black World Today South Sudan, the exploitation of indigenous people by Arab mende Nazer opens her story dramatically on a tragedy which threatens the annihilation of a people. http://www.tbwt.org/home/content/view/100/40/

Home Entertainment Book Reviews Slavery in the Sudan Main Menu Home News Commentaries Entertainment ... About Us Login Form Username Password Forgotten your password No account yet? Create one Who's Online We have 529 guests online and 2 members online Online Users bush Newsflash The Black World Today welcomes letters from its readers/viewers. Let us know how you feel about a particular story or issue. Email your letters to me at hboyd@tbwt.net . If we deem them relevant, they will be posted, and when possible responded to directly. Best, Herb Boyd Thursday, 10 June 2004 Slavery in the Sudan Written by Administrator User Rating: Poor Best Thursday, 29 January 2004 Most slave narratives, by their very nature, are stories of triumph. We know at the outset that the narrators have survived and escaped from an often harrowing experience of captivity. Knowing the outcome, however, does not detract from the emotionally searing accounts rendered by Mende Nazer and Francis Bok. Slave–My True Story By Mende Nazer with Damien Lewis PublicAffairs, New York, January, 2004

77. PolitInfo.com: Country Facts About Sierra Leone 2004 HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS Definition Field Listing Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30 limited to literate minority), mende (principal vernacular in http://www.politinfo.com/infodesk/countryfacts/sl.html

More Info on Sierra Leone Shop politinfo.com WWW You are here: PolitInfo.com InfoDesk Country Facts 2004 Sierra Leone Click to enlarge Introduction Geography People Government ... Sierra Leone Print-Friendly Page This page was last updated on 6 January, 2004 Click here to view Map of Sierra Leone Legend Definition Field Listing Rank Order Introduction Sierra Leone Top of Page Background: Since 1991, civil war between the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (well over one-third of the population), many of whom are now refugees in neighboring countries. After several setbacks, the end to the 11-year conflict in Sierra Leone may finally be near at hand. With the support of the UN peacekeeping force and contributions from the World Bank and international community, demobilization and disarmament of the RUF and Civil Defense Forces (CDF) combatants has been completed. National elections were held in May 2002 and the government continues to slowly reestablish its authority. Geography Sierra Leone Top of Page Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia

78. Sierra Leone Products And English (UK), Kisii, Mende, Pidgin English, Temne, Vai People. Religions Muslim 60%, indigenous beliefs 30%, Christian 10%. English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), mende (principal vernacular http://www.worldlanguage.com/Countries/SierraLeone.htm

view this site in If you can't find it here, you can't find it anywhere! Home Help Contact Us Privacy ... Checkout Super Bargains Academic Computers / Notebooks Dictionary ESL-English as Second Language Games Gift Items! Handheld Dictionary Karaoke Keyboard Stickers Keyboards Kids Learn Microsoft Office Microsoft Windows Movies/Videos Software - Mac Software - Windows Spell Checking Translation More... Sierra Leone Send this page to a friend! Languages 6 languages are spoken in Sierra Leone. We have 158 products available for 4 of those languages. English (UK) Kisii Mende Pidgin English ... Vai Capital: Freetown Population: Play the National Anthem Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia Geographic coordinates: 8 30 N, 11 30 W Map references: Africa Area: total: 71,740 sq km land: 71,620 sq km water : 120 sq km Area - comparative: slightly smaller than South Carolina Land boundaries: total: 958 km border countries: Guinea 652 km, Liberia 306 km Coastline: 402 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 200 nm continental shelf : 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation Climate: tropical; hot, humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

79. LBT Sierra Leone Profile Nationality noun Sierra Leonean(s) adjective Sierra Leonean. Ethnic group 20 indigenous African people groups 90% (Temne 30%, mende 30%, other 30 http://www.gospelcom.net/lbt/country/sierra.htm

80. Mad! Travels - Sierra Leone People. The indigenous population is made up of 18 ethnic groups. The Temne in the north and the mende in the South are the largest. http://www.madtravels.com/Destinations/Country.aspx?CountryId=119

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