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Mende men playing Warri, Gold Coast, West AfricaMen of the Mendi (Mende) country playing a game called Warri, Gold Coast (then part of the British Empire, now part of Sierra Leone), West Africa
Mendi (Mende) Dancing Girls, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1930s
Group of native actors, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGroup of native actors in costume for a Mendi play, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Mendi expedition, Sierra Leone. Palaver hut used as messA palaver hut at Mafweh in Sierra Leone, West Africa commandeered as a mess house by the West Indian Regiment during the Mendi expedition of 1898
Driving cattle captured from the enemy, Sierra LeoneA scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment helping to drive cattle captured from the enemy
Freetown, Sierra Leone, pictured in 1898 during the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population which was put down by West Indian troops in what was known as the Mendi expedition
Mendi Expedition. The native method of firing a cannonThe native method of firing a cannon (lighting it and sprinting away) during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1898
The Mendi Expedition. Boats bombarding enemy positionsBoats bombarding the enemys position on the River Jong in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition where the 3rd battalion of the West Indian regiment were sent to suppress an uprising
Hut Tax War, Sierra LeoneA good specimen of a taxed hut, the subject of the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population in pockets of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Frontier PolicePhotograph of Sierra Leone frontier police who joined with the Mendi expedition of West Indian Regiment troops to put down the insurrection of the native population in what is known as the Hut Tax
The West Indian troops rushing the stockade at BongehA scene in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the Mendi expedition showing troops of the 3rd Battalion, West India Regiment rushing the stockade at Bongeh
Government House, Bonthe on Sherbro Island, Sierra LeoneGovernment House, Bonthe, on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone, West Africa during the time of the Mendi Expedition to quell the insurrection or Hut Tax War
On the march. Crossing a bridge during the Mendi expeditionScene depicting troops of the West Indian regiment crossing a palm tree bridge during the Mendi expedition in Sierra Leone in 1898. Date: 1898