When you leave Freetown and travel to the countryside you can see the real beauty of Sierra Leone. I took these photos between 2006 and 2013 while I was working in Kono District and traveling around the country. They were taken during both the rainy and dry seasons, so some of them look brown and hazy while others are greener. The people in the pictures are neighbors or people I met or saw along the road. (If anyone in Sierra Leone sees themself here contact me and I’ll add your name.)
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Gondama Bridge in the South near Bo
Near Magburaka on the main highway through the North
Country Road in Kono District
Mosque in Peyima town, Kono District
Paramount Chiefs Compound, Sandor Chiefdom, Kono District in 2006
Palm Wine Corner, Zimmi
Drinking palm wine, Koidu, Kono District
On a path near Kabala in the North
Village on the Koidu to Bunumbu Road, in the East
Country Road
New Year Devil Dancers on the Koidu to Bunumbu Road
Road between Mano Junction and Segbwema
Old Store on the Koidu to Bunumbu Road
Village in a valley, on the road to Kombayendeh Kono District
Village Scene
Burning Fields for Planting, Eastern Province
Sewa River at Jaiama Sewafe, Kono District in the rainy season
Road from Masingbi to Mondema in the East
Highway between Koidu and Masingbi, taken in 2010 during Harmattan Winds when dust from the Sahara makes it hazy.
District Council Hill, Koidu, Kono District
On the Koidu to Bunumbu Road in the East
Storm cloues and oil palm trees
Village in Kono District during the Rainy Season
Rice Field, Kailahun District
Rural Church in Kono District
School boys in Tonkolili District
School in Peyima, Kono District
Kids playing football in a village
At Bumpeh town, Kono District
Sewa River near Jaiama Sewafe, Kono District
Kainkordu town, Kono District
Neighbors in Koidu Kono
Playing draughts
Men making mud bricks
Men working on a road near Kombayendeh, Kono District
