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Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a country on the coast of West Africa. The Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator's voyage around 500 BCE may have reached as far as modern Sierra Leone or Cameroon. The interpretation of his surviving account is debated by scholars.

Sierra Leone
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Mentioned in 3 profiles

Ashanti EmpireDeclinePunic EmpireImpactLiberiaImpact, Decline

Mentioned in 9 state histories

Koya Temne kingdomJamaican MaroonsImamate of Futa JallonSierra Leone Colony and ProtectorateBritish West AfricaGambia Colony and ProtectorateGold Coast ColonyEgba United GovernmentLagos Colony

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sierra Leone. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sierra-leone
MLA
“Sierra Leone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sierra-leone. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Sierra Leone.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sierra-leone.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Sierra Leone’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sierra-leone (Accessed: ).

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