Western Area · City
Freetown peninsula
Hills over the harbour, Cotton Tree shade, and the long drop from Leicester Peak down to the Atlantic road.
An independent magazine about Sierra Leone — Freetown on the peninsula, the Banana Islands, Tiwai in the Moa, and the last Atlantic edge of the Upper Guinea forest.
Hills over the harbour, Cotton Tree shade, and the long drop from Leicester Peak down to the Atlantic road.
A short boat from Kent. Fishing boats on the sand, forest on the ridge, and a night with no generator hum.
The Moa around an island of primates. Dawn walks, colobus in the canopy, and the river as the only road.
City sand at Lumley, then the peninsula road to a quieter bay. Swim before the afternoon rain.
From Bo toward Tiwai, then north toward Outamba-Kilimi — forest that still holds chimpanzees, river crossings by dugout, and nights when the rain on the zinc roof is the whole soundtrack.
A slow itinerary by bush taxi and boat, sleeping in research camps and family houses in Kenema.
Read the forest guide →Chimpanzee sanctuary in the hills above Freetown. Walk the trails, listen before you look.
The old river town. Mangroves, fishing canoes, and a pace that still follows the tide.
The fort in the estuary. A short boat from Freetown, and a history that should be walked slowly.
Long reads on Freetown, the islands, and the forest interior. Photographed from the peninsula to Koinadugu, printed ad-free, posted from Freetown.