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Mabilafu
Mabilafu is located about 110 km east of Freetown and about 30 km south-west of Makeni. It is on the bank of the Rokel River, the largest river in Sierra Leone. Mabilafu is the main village of the same-named Mabilafu Section, which contains six villages. The Mabilafu Section is one of the sections in the Malal Mara Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District in the Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Northern Sierra Leone Province. In 2013 the village encompassed roughly 140 houses with a total population of approximately thousand people. The large majority of them were Temne people, Temne – the prevalent Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, ethnic group in this area – and Islam in Sierra Leone, Muslims – the predominant religion in Sierra Leone. However, animism, animist beliefs and secret society, secret societies such as the Poro, Poro-Society play important roles in the everyday experiences of the people.Käser, Fabian 2014: Ethnography of a Land-deal. A Village Perspective on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabilafu Section
Mabilafu is located about 110 km east of Freetown and about 30 km south-west of Makeni. It is on the bank of the Rokel River, the largest river in Sierra Leone. Mabilafu is the main village of the same-named Mabilafu Section, which contains six villages. The Mabilafu Section is one of the sections in the Malal Mara Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District in the Northern Province, Sierra Leone, Northern Sierra Leone Province. In 2013 the village encompassed roughly 140 houses with a total population of approximately thousand people. The large majority of them were Temne people, Temne – the prevalent Ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, ethnic group in this area – and Islam in Sierra Leone, Muslims – the predominant religion in Sierra Leone. However, animism, animist beliefs and secret society, secret societies such as the Poro, Poro-Society play important roles in the everyday experiences of the people.Käser, Fabian 2014: Ethnography of a Land-deal. A Village Perspective on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
