Traditional Music of Sierra Leone
The biggest cultural group in Sierra Leone in the year 2008 was that of the Mel-speaking Temne tribes which is made up of 35% of the tot...
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The
biggest cultural group in Sierra Leone in the year 2008 was that of the
Mel-speaking Temne tribes which is
made up of 35% of the total population. Next which is the Mande that is made up of 31% along with Mandingo which is 2%, have
music customs connected to Mande
populaces in the neighbouring countries. Other documented populaces were the
Lima that has 8%, 5% for Kono, 2% for
Loko and Sierra Leone Creole tribes
for 2%,. While 15% were documented as others.
source of picture: www.ucl.ac.uk
The
war and the civil crisis all over West Africa have resulted in a decrease in
the recent folk music musicians.
