Mendiland is part of the extreme southwest portion of
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 ...
on the western coast of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
, where the
Mende tribe
The Mende are one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone; their neighbours, the Temne people, constitute the largest ethnic group at 35.5% of the total population, which is slightly larger than the Mende at 31.2%. The Mende are pre ...
lives and the
Mende language is spoken.
The slaves who rebelled on the ''
Amistad'' in 1839 had been kidnapped in Mendiland. After winning their court case, they were eventually returned to their homeland.
Geography of Sierra Leone
La Amistad
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