In March 1971 elements of the military were deployed to Freetown in Sierra Leone after the Sierra Leonean President, Stevens, appeared to start losing his control of the military.

Guinea has offered asylum to over 700, 000 Liberian, Sierra Leonean, and Bissauan refugees since 1990, despite the economic and environmental costs involved.

* 1989 – Mohamed Bangura, Sierra Leonean footballer

By supporting Sierra Leonean rebels, Taylor also drew the enmity of the British and Americans.

* 29-Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader.

On April 20, 1960, Sir Milton Margai led the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation at the constitutional conferences that were held with Queen Elizabeth II and British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod in the negotiations for independence held at the Lancaster House in London.

All of the twenty four members of the Sierra Leonean delegation were prominent and well-respected politicians including Sir Milton's younger brother lawyer Sir Albert Margai, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens, SLPP strongman Lamina Sankoh, outspoken Creole activist Isaac Wallace-Johnson, Paramount chief Ella Koblo Gulama, educationist Mohamed Sanusi Mustapha, Dr John Karefa-Smart, professor Kande Bureh, lawyer Sir Banja Tejan-Sie, former Freetown's Mayor Eustace Henry Taylor Cummings educationist Amadu Wurie, and Creole diplomat Hector Reginald Sylvanus Boltman.

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on the 27 of April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain ; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.

Charles Taylor — then leader of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia — reportedly helped form the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ) under the command of former Sierra Leonean army corporal Foday Saybana Sankoh, an ethnic Temne from Tonkolili District in Northern Sierra Leone.

Subsequently, the Sierra Leonean Government and the UN agreed to set up the Special Court for Sierra Leone to try those who " bear the greatest responsibility for the commission of crimes against humanity, war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law, as well as crimes under relevant Sierra Leonean law within the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.

He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Sierra Leonean military.

It is not clear what exactly Momoh's title was but it seems likely that he was the senior Sierra Leonean military officer and held the predecessor to the CDS's post.

The leaves can be pounded to a fine chaff and cooked as a palaver sauce ( as is done in Liberia and Sierra Leone ), usually with palm oil, but other vegetable oils can also be used.

These palm trees, otherwise out of place among the native Sierra foothill oak forest, are a signature of the area.

Plymouth is commonly know known as a " Gateway to Shenandoah Valley "; a popular wine producing region in the Sierra foothills.

After the 1980s, Harding did little more climbing, retiring to the northern hills of the Sierra Nevada, going hot-air ballooning with his close friends Mary-Lou Long and Roger Derryberry, and continuing his love of cheap red wine.

The second variety is black music from the Chota Valley in the northern Sierra ( primarily known as Bomba del Chota ), characterized by a more-pronounced mestizo and Indian influence than marimba esmeraldeña.

During the winter months, the Sierra Vista Symphony Orchestra presents three concerts of classical and popular music, including pre-concert seminars, and puts on special fund raising events.

* West African music ( yellow region on map ) includes the music of Senegal and the Gambia, of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Liberia, of the inland plains of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, the coastal nations of Cote d ' Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo as well as islands such as Sao Tome and Principe.

Highlife is a music genre that originated in Ghana in the 20th century and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920.

California hosts many well-known music festivals in a wide variety of fields, including the Stern Grove Festival, the Hootenanny at Irvine Park, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, and Facedown Fest.

Rhythms from across West Africa, especially gombe and ashiko from Sierra Leone, Liberian guitar-styles like dagomba, mainline and fireman, Fante osibisaba, European brass bands and sea shanties and Christian music, were all combined into a melting pot that became high-life.

The earliest styles of Nigerian popular music were palm-wine music and highlife, which spread in the 1920s among Nigeria and nearby countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ghana.

Sierra Leone's music is a mixture of native and French, British, and Krio influences.

Calendar eventually moved towards socially and spiritually aware lyrics, while also penning some of the most oft-played songs in Sierra Leonean music in the 1950s and 60s.

Sierra Leone, just like much of West Africa is experiencing a change in its popular music culture.

The wars and civil conflict throughout West Africa, have resulted in a decrease in the presence of the traditional music artists. One of the newest celebrities to emerge out of Sierra Leone is new Urban artist iGniTer also known as " Lj ".

The internet and spread of wesern culture has encouraged the youth, of countries like Sierra Leone, to express themselves through new styles of music.

There was also Mwana Musa ( aka Musa Kalamulah ) and African Connexion who married Sierra Leone, Congolese and Jazz rhythms to his music.

The Band African Connexion was signed to Charlie Gillet's Oval Records and produced C ' est La Danse, Moziki, City Limits and Midnight Pressure ( Oval 28 / 12 ) and also Dancing On The Sidewalk a soca tinged soukous and E Sidom Panam typical Sierra Leone dance music.

Category: Sierra Leonean music

The mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra, is home to a style of music called Sanjuanito.

By the late 1980s, video game music was being sold as cassette tape soundtracks in Japan, inspiring American companies such as Sierra, Cinemaware and Interplay to give more serious attention to video game music by 1988.

In the summer of 2006 Nickel Creek appeared at numerous music festivals, including Bonnaroo, High Sierra Music Festival, Austin City Limits, SXSW, Lollapalooza and Star Fest.

Dunbar and other black people encouraged him to consider his Sierra Leonean ancestry and the music of the African continent.

Because many of these band names contain Mexican state names or a general geographical description ( e. g., " de la Sierra "), norteño, banda, duranguense, and other similar genres can be classified into a category known as " regional Mexican music.

Sierra secured a distribution deal to sell the MT-32 in the US, and invested heavily in giving its game titles ( at the time ) state-of-the-art sound by hiring professional composers to write in-game music.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

* 1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.

When construction of roads and bridges in Liberia and Sierra Leone is complete, the highway will link to another seven Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations to the west and north-west.

An economic dependence on commodities, such as diamond s being mined by these children in Sierra Leone, is correlated with an increased risk of civil war.

* The Cordillera Central ( also called Sierra del Cibao ) is the island's most rugged and imposing feature and is known in Haiti as the Massif du Nord (" Northern Massif ").

The highest mountains of the West Indies are in this range: Pico Duarte, 3, 098 m, and others above 3, 000 m. Near the center of the island, this range turns southward and is called Sierra de Ocoa, finishing near the city of Azua de Compostela, on the Caribbean coast.

Another branch, Cordillera Oriental or Sierra del Seibo, is separated from the main chain by a karstic region ( Los Haitises ) and with a west-east direction ; it is located south of Samaná Bay.

* The Sierra de Neiba, with Mount Neiba the highest mountain with 2, 279 m. An extension to the southeast of Sierra de Neiba is the Sierra Martín García ( Loma Busú, 1, 350 m ).

Ecuador is divided into three continental regions — the Costa ( coast ), Sierra ( mountains ), and Oriente ( east )— and one insular region, the Galápagos Islands ( officially Archipiélago de Colón ).

The Hetch Hetchy dam was finished in 1923 and is still in operation, but the Sierra Club still wants to tear it down.

It is also known as kakia, and in Sierra Leone as bundu, after the Bundu secret society.

Guinea is Coast of West Africa and is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d ' Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.

The Trans – West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea, connecting it to Bissau ( Guinea-Bissau ), and when construction in Sierra Leone and Liberia is complete, to a total of 13 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ).

What is known is that the crew of the ship Red Dragon, anchored off Sierra Leone, performed Hamlet in September 1607 ; that the play toured in Germany within five years of Shakespeare's death ; and that it was performed before James I in 1619 and Charles I in 1637.

This is caused by the north winds coming from the high tips of Sierra Nevada.

* 2002 – Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over.

It is one of only two sovereign states in the world that were started by citizens of a political power as a colony for former slaves of the same political power: Sierra Leone was begun as a colony for resettlement of Black Loyalists and poor blacks from England for the same purpose by Britain.

The total length of Liberia's land borders is: with Sierra Leone on the northwest, with Guinea to the north, and with Côte d ' Ivoire.

When construction and reconstruction of roads in Liberia is complete, the Trans – West African Coastal Highway will cross the country, connecting it to Freetown ( Sierra Leone ), Abidjan ( Côte d ' Ivoire ), and eventually to 11 other nations of the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ).