Sierra Leone and the head of government. The country's capital and largest city is Freetown. Sierra Leone is made up of five administrative regions: the Northern Province, North West Province, Eastern Province, Southern Province and the Western Area. These regions are subdivided into sixteen districts. Sierra Leone was a British Colony from 1806 to 1961. Sierra Leone became independent from the United Kingdom on 27 April 1961, led by Sir Milton Margai. In May 1962, Sierra Leone held its first general elections as an independent nation. On April 19, 1971, Siaka Stevens' government abolished Sierra Leone's parliamentary government system and declared Sierra
Literature of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone. She is also an executive member of the 50/50 Group, a group in support of women's empowerment. Her published works include her dissertation, entitled "Wars other Voices: Testimonies by Sierra Leonean Women", along with other works such as her "Introduction: Everyday Life in Postwar Sierra Leone" and "The Integration of a Gender Perspective in the Sierra Leone Police". Children's literature in Sierra Leone it has played a large role in the country's postwar development of the country. PEN Sierra Leone is a branch of PEN International that is based in Sierra Leone and has been working to develop