Causes and prevalence of blindness in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Stilma ◽  
S. Bridger
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Northern Province

Onchocerciasis in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone

1965 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Raymond Mills
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Northern Province

The Organization and Functions of the Ragbenle Society of the Temne

Africa ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vernon R. Dorjahn
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
General Area ◽  
Guinea Coast ◽  
Restricted Area ◽  
Area Distribution ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
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Opening ParagraphThe Temne of the Northern Province of Sierra Leone are second only to the Mende in the Protectorate, numbering over half a million and inhabiting some 10,500 square miles of land. In general, they are culturally similar to their neighbours, especially in their possession of a number of societies, some secret, some not, which play integral roles in their lives. Of the societies found in this westernmost section of the Guinea Coast area, the Bundu or Sande for women and the Poro for men have been described by various writers for a number of groups. The emphasis placed on these two societies in the literature is justifiable in view of their multi-tribal geographic distribution, their general membership embracing most of the adult population and much of the adolescent segment in the groups where they are found, and the important functions they serve. In addition, however, there are a number of societies in this general area which, although they have a more restricted area distribution and less general membership, nevertheless also serve important functions for one or more groups. Such a society is the Ragbenle, also known as Maneke, which is centred in the eastern section of Temne country, where it is closely connected with the chiefs, particularly in conducting the ceremonies associated with their death, burial, selection, instruction, and installation, and, in addition, purifies violators of incest prohibitions, heals the chief and anyone else seeking help, divines witches, and provides other supernatural services. The purpose of this paper is to consider the membership of the society in terms of both supernatural and human members, and its functions in various aspects of Temne life.

The Temne Family in a Modern Town (Lunsar) in Sierra Leone

Africa ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Iron Ore ◽  
Conveyor Belt ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Iron Ore Mine ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Development Corporation ◽  
Unskilled Workers ◽  
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Open Cast

Opening ParagraphLunsar is a town of some 10,000 people which has grown up since 1930 beside an open-cast iron-ore mine worked by the Sierra Leone Development Corporation (Delco) in the Marampa Chiefdom of the Northern Province, about sixty miles from Freetown. In the early days large numbers of unskilled workers were employed, but now the mine is highly mechanized. The ore is excavated and removed by mechanical scrapers and transported on a conveyor belt to a mill where most of the waste material is separated. It is then taken by conveyor belt to stockpiles and from there is mechanically loaded on to wagons.

Abolition in Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Peter Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone

LXXX.—Two newPhlæothripidæfrom Sierra Leone

1936 ◽  
Vol 17 (97) ◽  
pp. 624-629
Author(s):  
H. Priesner
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone

Design and Evaluation of A Group Mental Health Intervention for Multi-Symptomatic War-Affected Youth in Sierra Leone

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Betancourt ◽  
Katrina Hann ◽  
Elizabeth Newnham ◽  
Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith ◽  
Nathan Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Health Intervention ◽  
Mental Health Intervention
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