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Favorite Thing: Ethnic groups: 20 native African tribes 90% (Temne 30%, Mende 30%, other 30%), Creole 10% (descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area in the late-eighteenth century), refugees from Liberia's recent civil war, small numbers of Europeans, Lebanese, Pakistanis, and Indians 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 (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%)
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scarlatte Tue Sep 4, 2001 16:06 UTC
strange place to go to for a holiday. what made you go there? | jrs1234 Sat Aug 11, 2001 18:25 UTC
Good info; thanks. | Krystynn Fri Jul 13, 2001 10:33 UTC
An interesting look at a country less traveled. Great page |
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