Waterloo, Sierra Leone Waterloo, Sierra Leone Waterloo is a city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone and the capital of the Western Area Rural District, which is one of the sixteen districts of Sierra Leone . Waterloo is located about twenty miles east of Freetown. Waterloo is the second largest city in the Western Area region of Sierra Leone, after Freetown. . The city had a population of 34,079 in the 2004 census and a 2013 estimate of 40,000 . Waterloo is part of Freetown metropolitan area. Waterloo is a major urban transport hub and lies on the main highway linking Freetown
Literature of Sierra Leone Joe A. D. Alie, born in Moyamba, Sierra Leone, is a Professor at Fourah Bay College, the University of Sierra Leone. He has published a number of textbooks, including "A New History of Sierra Leone" and "A Concise Guide to Writing College and Research Papers". Osman A. Sankoh was born in Warima, Sierra Leone. He has been awarded the 1987 University of Sierra Leone Prize for Academic Excellence as well as the 1996 German Academic Exchange Service Prize for Academic Excellence and Exceptional Social Engagements by a Foreign Student. In 2007, he became the Executive Director of the INDEPTH Network.