Mendiland is part of the extreme southwest portion of
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...
on the western coast of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
, where the
Mende tribe lives and the
Mende language
Mende (''Mɛnde yia'') is a major language of Sierra Leone, with some speakers in neighboring Liberia and Guinea. It is spoken by the Mende people and by other ethnic groups as a regional lingua franca in southern Sierra Leone.
Mende is a tona ...
is spoken.
The slaves who rebelled on the ''
Amistad'' in 1839 had been kidnapped in Mendiland. After winning their court case, they were eventually returned to their homeland.
References
Regions of West Africa by country
Geography of Sierra Leone
La Amistad
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