The Krio people of Sierra Leone are partly descended from former enslaved Africans who fought for the British in the American War of Independence, in exchange for promises of freedom. After the ...

FREETOWN — After decades of work, the first translation of the Bible into the Sierra Leone dialect of Krio was published less than a year ago. The translation is gaining widespread use, and is helping ...

One of this year’s most exciting new restaurant openings was scheduled for late February or early March: Krio, an Asian-Cajun spot in the Bishop Arts District that would specialize in crawfish boils, ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - Scarred by war and worn by time, the tumbledown wooden houses which dot Freetown are a vestige of the Krios, descendants of freed slaves who once made Sierra Leone a beacon of ...

The Aku or Krio are a minority ethnic group of The Gambia with roots among Sierra Leone Creole people. In Sierra Leone, Muslim Creoles are known as Akus (Aku Muslims) or Marabouts, while in The Gambia ...

Cajun-Asian restaurant Krio closed in late September 2023, but co-owners Connie Cheng and Dan Bui are already planning for its next life as a sports bar. The as-yet-unnamed sports bar will be a ...

Holding an oyster half shell in the air, angling it so that I could tip it directly into my mouth, I paused and looked at my husband, “People do this,” I said, part question and part statement.

Freetown — After decades of work, the first translation of the Bible into the Sierra Leone dialect of Krio was published less than a year ago. The translation is gaining widespread use, and is helping ...