Vickie Remoe Show: Meet The Krios in Sierra Leone's Capital Freetown 

If I listen closely to Mother Garber I can understand her. I'm 50 years old and Krio sounds very similar to the "Black English" that the old elders spoke (and I understood) when I was a small girl in South Carolina. It took me a few minutes, but I guess hearing her speak triggered old memories or something, because I started being able to understand her better and follow what she was saying. If you speak to her again, please let her know that *we still go to Watch Night service!* This was just amazing!

I was told by my aunt that our family have Sierra Leone Blood... I am planning to take my DnA test (Patriarchy/Father side) if my results comes back positive for Sierra Leone DnA, I will apply for my Sierra Leone Citizenship....Salute to SALONE🇸🇱

I am planning to visit both Sierra Leone🇸🇱 and Liberia🇱🇷 in 2022. I can't wait to try Sierra Leonean Food....

Me Salone people dem I love Una 😛🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

Krio culture covers most of coastal West Africa and extends to Cameroon and Gabon. The krio spoken in Anglophone Cameroon is closer to that of Sierra Leone than that of Neighbouring SE Nigeria. This may in part be due to the presence in Limbe (previously known as Victoria) of about 20 families such as the Burnleys, Quans, Haddisons, Martins and co.

Well, I am Jamaican and I understand the conversation perfectly. We call the language Patois.

This is amazing! This sounds so much like Belizean Kriol. Wow!

That was my former principle from FSSG. Her daughter and me started form 1 in the same year. I hope she is well.

Bravo!!! Your presentation and coverage is always excellent. You do Salone and Mama Africa proud!!!

It’s so wonderful to watch a brief history into The Krios, they gave Freetown that vibrant cultural heritage. Thanks Vickie ar lek de show🌹💯

Your channel is simply amazing!!!! I'm in awe! Very educational documentary 👏🏿

Thank you so much for educating some of us with the KRIO history. Hope we go get more of this be4 our independence celebration?✌️.

Thanks for this. Reminds me of my father who said Krio is not a tribe. I am a descendant of Liberated African. Vickie living your earrings.

One love from America

Holy cow the old lady speaks with the accents of at least 5 different places Jamaican patois being one of the stronger accents. I also heard British and some eastern Caribbean in there too!

It’s the sound track for me!!!

Thank you Vickie it was a pleasure to hear you you're full of joy love you

Nice program, u make me feel hungry.

Loved hearing the history on the Cotton Tree. Your show plus your podcast have been teaching me so much!

I just just turn to your tv and omg it was like I was siting and talking to my mother. Great work.

Thank you for this video 🙏🏾🙏🏾

Good afternoon Mrs Romoe. Thank you very much, enjoying your Program. It’s very interesting and Educative program . Keep the good work. My best regards. Fouad koroma

Good history, thanks for this program.

Binge watching today ❤️

Listening to you all and Aunty cassandra really is a joy to my ears. My family are Krio peoples my nan grandad mum and uncle told me all about the tree and their joyous upbringing in Sierra Leone. Nothing was perfect however the memories they shared to us growing up was beautiful, fun filled and awe inspiring. Certainly going to live there one day when I am settled. Thank you, I needed to see that crain crain. My FAVOURITE Afircan Sierra Leonean dish with fufu or rice, always. Thank you for sharing. I share some of our cultural practices with few good peoples in all it's forms. African culture is a large thing from where I am from in the UK, all nations of people I know of have enjoyed elements of our African cultural systems and have profered knowledge on Sierra Leonean history. We have been doing chrislamish for centuries, peacefully. I would love to own some fertile farmland, open to commercial opportunities and ideas we have, eventually, as promised by the most high. Till such a time, my creative skillsets are requred here. Krio Bantu African-Caribbean in Britain P.E.A.C.E

Thank you 🙏🏼

Wow am so impressed having been abroad for a long while i do remember Mrs. Gerber from my school days she is legend thanks for your videos very informative please keep up the good work have also shared God bless you

Amazing tourist enlightenment; a great pull factor 👍

Thank you Mrs Garber. Great interview.

Really loved this episode, learnt a lot. Keep it coming Ms. Romoe

Nice piece. Keep it up dear.

Amazing history!

God bless you for your Tv show

I am a Hamilton. My grandparents house was 28 Percival Street.

Fascinating and Inspirational 👍👍👍

That's my church.

Thank u Vickie for this wonderful video can you plsss share the link to the background music....

Seen as though I am a krio man I was enjoying this video untill the end! When you had the audacity to eat fufu with a fork!!🤯 U too lek weit man!

Awe Mrs Garber my former Principal of FSSG. Long time her face is still the same. Thanks mama for educating us

Super 👍🏿

Impressive

Oh nice Vickie some history lesson from Grama, but da foofoo wet me mot bad.

The whole area around the cotton tree needs to be redone. It should not be a traffic circle to say the least

Hello 👋 what is the name of the highlife song featured in this episode? How can one access it please?

I love you girl

No Vickie he said Sawa Sawa norto Bitters. Even you repeat after the server. When did you come up with bitters? The crain crain is not alive until you eat it with your hand. Vickie you are entertaining, you make me laugh. I am sending this video to my daughter.🤣

Maybe someone should clean it up.

I love you show Vicky however "Kandah" is the dried skin of the cow .... it is NOT Chitlin...Chitlin is cleaned-out pig intestines..."Kandah" is NOT the same as Chitlin...I see you corrected yourself in the end...the taste of the food must have been so good😋 it caused you to make the initial mistake 😂🤣

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Yah we know when Freetown have this name Freetown and who owen the land before your ancestors come into sierra leone 🇸🇱 okay i will tell you is a very small tribe call limba tripe in 1600 ,the menda tribe come from Liberia 🇱🇷 tamani from mali 🇲🇱 to sierra leone

You don't like to eat too much but you like to eat.

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Vickie Remoe, the recommended method for eating foofoo and egusi or sawa sawa is by the bare hand, not a fork. They say it taste a million times better, that way. Lunta

The Maroons made arrangements with the British to return runaway slaves back to their slave masters to maintain their own freedom in Jamaica. The Creoles of Sierra Leone were "ahead" of the tribal peoples in education etc but their sense of elitism kept them aloof from the tribal people. I visited Sierra Leone twice in the 80s and knew many from my student days. Met some great people and admired the strength of the Creole family; how the better off ones fostered/schooled the children of relatives. Unfortunately, their insularity and elitism; loyalty only to their group was not the best option in nation building IMHO.

Please next time, wash ur hands and eat fufu the proper way. It like disrespecting the food using the fork.

Just like in Liberia, the krios of Sierra Leone wanted to enjoy their freedom at the expense of the African natives, with grave consequences similar to the Liberia situation.