Culture
Social Stratification: Sierra Leone an society is in some ways a stratified one. The traditional elite families are those who can trace descent (usually through the father's line) to a warrior or hunter who first settled in the area. These families then control and administer land, a valuable asset in a hut. Gender Roles:
Women in Sierra Leone are the backbones they do all the cooking, cleaning, harvesting, marketing and child care. Men do all of the planting, weeding, and plowing. |
Traditions
Marriage: In Sierra Leone the boy's family can choose his soon to be bride from his childhood. If the girl does not want to go through the marriage the the boy's parents pays the bridal price called the mboya. If this does not get paid then any child that they have in going to be considered a "property". Holiday Traditions:
Eid al-Adha (festival of the sacrifice) This holiday is celebrated on November 04. It is a major holiday honoring the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. Muslims prepare and share meals with their families, neighbors, and the less fortunate. |
Food
The food the villagers eat in Sierra Leone, Africa are rice, fruit, potatoes, seafood, and cassava. Everything but rice is a "snack" to them or not real food. Rice is the main course for they do not eat it plain they have numerous toppings they put on top such as potato leaves, cassava leaves, hot peppers, peanuts, beans, okra, fish, beef, chicken etc. Rice is very important in Sierra Leone when they have weddings, funerals, and memorial services. |