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• Africa South of the Sahara 2000, 29th edition. London: Europa Publications Limited, 1999.

• Crooks, J.J. A History of the Colony of Sierra Leone Western Africa. Reprint of the 1903 edition. Northbrook, Illinois: Metro Books, Inc., 1972.

• Foray, Cyril P. Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 12. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1977.

• Haywood, A. H. W. Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara. 1912. London : Seeley, Service & Co. An interesting book describing a trip starting in Sierra Leone; includes photographs. Online at Internet Archive.

• Isichei, Elizabeth. Historical Dictionary of Sierra Leone. New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1977.

• Sierra Leone: Official Standard Names. Gazetteer No. 101. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Interior, 1966.

• Sundkler, Bengt and Christopher Steed. A History of the Church in Africa. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 2000.

• William, Geoffrey J. A Bibliography of Sierra Leone 1925-1967. New York: Africana Publishing Corporation, 1970.