Editing Sierra Leone (section)

=== Arts ===

{{Further|Art in Sierra Leone|Music of Sierra Leone}}

The arts in Sierra Leone are a mixture of tradition and hybrid African and western styles.<ref>{{Cite book|last = Banham|first = Martin|title = A history of theatre in Africa|publisher = Cambridge University Press|year = 2004|page = 171|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RZXtk9bCZ-8C&pg=PA171|isbn = 978-0-521-80813-2|access-date = 17 June 2014}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last =Conteh |first = Prince Sorie |title = Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: interreligious encounters and dialogue|publisher =Cambria Press |year =2009|pages = 23–24|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=HpAuyiMRTDcC&pg=PA23|isbn=978-1-60497-596-3|access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1 =Manson |first1 =Katrina |first2=James |last2=Knight |title = Sierra Leone|publisher = Bradt Travel Guides|year =2009|pages = 42–45|url =https://books.google.com/books?id=VxRcEzkFs-wC&pg=PA43|isbn=978-1-84162-222-4|access-date=17 June 2014}}</ref>

In 1963 the Sierra Leonean National Dance Troupe was created by John Akar in order to showcase Sierra Leone's national cultural heritage.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Muci |first=Luigi Vittorio |title=From Dakar to Pyongyang: Imagining Pan-Africanism and the Global South through Sierra Leone’s National Dance Troupe (1966–1988) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696815.2025.2476056 |journal=Journal of African Cultural Studies |volume=0 |issue=0 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1080/13696815.2025.2476056 |issn=1369-6815}}</ref>

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File: Temne. Ode-Lay Mask Brooklyn Museum.jpg|Odelay mask by [[Temne people]]. [[Brooklyn Museum]].
File: Sierra Leone Koindu dance.jpg|The [[Koindu]] dance
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