Sierra Leone Independence Movement was a
Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean and is located in the Western Area of the country. Freetown is Sierra Leone's major urban, economic, financial, cultural, educational and po ...
-based
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...
, was founded in 1957. The movement was led by
Edward Wilmot Blyden III (grandson of
Edward Wilmot Blyden
Edward Wilmot Blyden (3 August 1832 – 7 February 1912) was a Liberian educator, writer, diplomat, and politician who was primarily active in West Africa. Born in the Danish West Indies, he joined the waves of black immigrants from the ...
). The party contested four Freetown constituencies in the
1957 election, but did not win any seat.
In September 1958, SLIM merged with the
Kono Progressive Movement, forming the
Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement.
References
1957 establishments in Sierra Leone
Defunct political parties in Sierra Leone
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