Monuments and Relics Commission

Proclaiming, preserving, and protecting Sierra Leone's monuments and relics since 1948.

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What Sir Milton Margai expects!

Visit the Sierra Leone Civil War Museum in Lungi to know your history this Independence Day.

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Elections Before Independence or Independence Before Elections - this was the dangling point of Sierra Leone’s Independence.

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Ghana’s resolution making enslavement the “gravest crime against humanity” has been adopted at the United Nations. Here is how it concerns Sierra Leone.

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Story of the Mandingo people of Sierra Leone.

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On March 23, 2026 we commemorated the attack on Bomaru that culminated into an 11 year civil war in Sierra Leone with the opening of a civil war museum in Lungi.

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On March 23, 2026, 35 years since the attack on Bomaru that culminated to an 11 year war, citizens gathered to open the Sierra Leone Civil War Museum in Lungi. The Center also awarded this year’s National Reconciliation Award to Madam Hannah Foullah.
Thanks to partner @ATJLF_

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America is turning 250 and here is where it matters to Sierra Leone.

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America is turning 250 years old and here is how that relates to Sierra Leone.

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Joseph Ben Kaifala, Esq., Chairman of the Monuments and Relics Commission, assisted the Peace Museum as they hosted the Austrian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ambassador, and their team.

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What we know about the Kono/Vai people of Sierra Leone.

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The Nomoli or Pomdo is one of the most prominent deities of Sierra Leonean spirituality.

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The Loko and why they and the Mende refer to each other as nephews.

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What’s in the calabash, you ask! Here is your answer.

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Chief Younge pouring libation to invite the ancestors into our midst as we welcome home a Nomoli that was taken away from Sierra Leone some 60 years.

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The Nomoli is a deity among the Mende and Kissi people. We therefore invited Maada Matthew Younge to welcome home a nomoli that has returned from the Netherlands through Mr. Babah Tarawally. The Chief poured libation and invited our ancestors.

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A story of the Kissi people and their claim to Kailahun.

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We gathered at the Sierra Leone National Museum today to welcome a Nomoli that has returned home through Mr. Babah Tarawally. The Nomoli was taken from Sierra Leone by a Dutch couple some 60 years ago.

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Massacre in Waima - how a pursuit of Samori Toure led to British and French deaths.

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Who are the Mende people?

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