Fishing with Sailboat slc1185_FishingSailboat1 Documenting the Sherbro Language and Culture

In this video the two fishermen pull in the net. Not much of a catch, three small fish, but they usually leave the net in the water for a longer time. There’s a close-up of the sail showing how it’s made of plastic. The spade-shaped paddles are common. Both boats are dugouts but with planks used as gunwales to make the sides a little taller. Ali, manning the fishing net and sail (sort of) is indifferent to how sharply the boat is listing. It was this type of sailboat that people used to travel to Freetown for the independence celebration in 1961. A three-year project 2016-19 documenting the Sherbro / Bolom language and culture of Sierra Leone. Research assistant to the Sherbro project (slc).