Sierra Leoneans Are Scared Of This Market In Freetown

In Africa, the market place is not just a place of transaction, it is also a place of friendship, companionship and community. But what happens when the name of a market sparks controversy and questionable stereotypes? Find out in this video about the Big Market in Freetown, Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone is a country on the South-southwest coast of West Africa with a population of over 7 million people. Some of the tribes include Mende, Fullah, Kuru, Krios (the freed slaves who returned to Africa. I'll bring you a video on this).
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[@africanstoryteller]

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[@praisethelord.]

Oh so kind of the chairman taking you around even without asking him. So humble. God bless him.

[@africanstoryteller]

Yes, Sierra Leoneans are really nice people

[@africanstoryteller]

Yes, Sierra Leoneans are really nice people

[@toheebadeshina2740]

I think they love foreigners especially Nigerians

[@TEEJAY-ej5xt]

@@toheebadeshina2740 Nigerians are not foreigners in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱. We should get rid of such mindset. A whiteman is what we call foreigner not fellow African

[@doreenonekalit9888]

This was an excellent video, that is the first of it's kind recorded digitally to demystify the old untrue stories told about a historic commercial landmark. This was beautiful in many levels to learn the history and present truth from the old narratives still haunting the businesses of this location. Good job! Only us can tell our TRUTH.

[@burundishallsmile1day109]

😊😋💖

[@patrickmassaquoi9433]

it's a nice cultural market lovely place

[@tinadiggs7456]

Oh Virtue Grace, I love the beautiful dresses and colors also the purses that you showed at Freetown Market!!! I love the outfit that you have on also!!! TFS!!!

[@ayodeler39]

To appreciate and preserve our African cultures and ancestry we need to be the curators of our own Anthropology.

[@user-cp5yi8cr5w]

Yes Exactly! Well said!

[@lemigod4475]

Loving the content sister,good to see Sierra Leone recovered from that devastating conflict some years ago.Sierra Leone also has lots of beautiful women,so African Diaspora men wanting a partner can consider visiting Sierra Leone.

[@203rahway7]

Ok

[@MirasWorld]

Thanks for educating us and changing the narrative of the market... big ups gurl

[@africanstoryteller]

Thanks babe 😘😍

[@Trinigrover]

I must say I saw so much beauty and creativity in that market. That's the kind of stuff I would love to buy, the masks, arts and craft, clothing etc but they dont sell such a beautiful variety where I live. Foolish stigma and rumours designed for the place not to thrive because that place is GOLD. Love the vlog sis, keep them coming, loving it this far 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@africanstoryteller]

Yes, everything is beautifully crafted. Thank you

[@hassanc2235]

Our beautiful country grace, thanks for showing us. More grace to u😍

[@SincerePresence]

I would go to that market and cry tears in feeling like a princess 💗💝💗

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

When I come i will be visiting and spending to decorate my whole house. Awesome

[@africanstoryteller]

💃👍👍🇸🇱

[@BRIGGS06]

Very educating. Thank you @virtue Grace

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@jamgg100]

We have to come to our ancestral home for sure 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thanks ladies for sharing with the world, especially the diaspora (Africa’s children)!!!

[@benedictkanu6062]

Antonet looks grounded in the history of Sierra leone.nice video.

[@sampsonpaintsil9839]

Thanks for showing,those African crafts looks beautiful

[@africanstoryteller]

Pleasure is mine

[@osasimhanbor8636]

Virtue grace! You finish work! Love your content and how natural you are

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you, I really do appreciate your support and feedback 🤗😍

[@anngore3842]

Very organised , considering the size of the place! Putting this on my bucket list.

[@africanstoryteller]

It is

[@tbdan3793]

This market is really rich in authentic products. Thanks Virtue Grace for sharing.

[@africanstoryteller]

Yes, it is. You're welcome

[@berthekabwe871]

Virtue Grace, you were sweating in this video...is it very hot in Sierra Leone? I love all the crafts and fabrics. Well done👍🏿

[@oaikhinan]

Continue the good work, Africa appreciate you a lot, never give up the ancestors are behind you

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@matildafilmtvchannel]

Great video thanks for sharing with us

[@bragodphred9157]

Grace.. U are really doing an awesome job.. Kudos and als keep the fire burning🔥a subscriber from🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you 💖

[@africastreetvideos8016]

Yes

[@MYSTICGOW1]

You are a true genius Virtue Grace, thank you for this video especially the way you enlighten us about the effects of colonialism. Because this brainwashing thing is not a joke oh my people. We now call our own victim people “slaves” and the perpetrators of slavery “masters.” Indeed, the most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed (Steve Bantu Biko). Anyone who rapes is a rapist, and anyone who enslaves another human being is not a master but an oppressor in my humble view.

[@purple4463]

Thanks Virtue Grace for sharing. That market has such beautiful items. I would be lost in there because I wouldn't know what to choose, I like everything 💖

[@africanstoryteller]

Me too, everything is beautiful

[@fropropanop]

I cannot wait to visit Bai market. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@handsya.8078]

Awesome video, this will go a long way to assuage the fears of those who still believe in such lies 👍

[@africanstoryteller]

I hope so

[@praisethelord.]

Another gbagam episode. Well done sis

[@doreenonekalit9888]

👌🏾💚🇸🇱

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you ❤️

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

Excellent video. Well done. Appreciate the work you put into it.

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you 💖

[@emeraldgold4289]

Another interesting video Virtue Grace 👍

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@hermelaabayneh8423]

I like this content always I wish to explore Africa for diff culture , fabrics and art what a creative collection 👍

[@africanstoryteller]

You should visit

[@hermelaabayneh8423]

On my list definetly great inspiration 💖 give us more price too like hotel's cost , transporation ,places to vist z whole recommendation keep on dear 👏👏

[@denisemilekampal9604]

That sad but i am happy you expore this historique place love from senegal

[@misstrinialicia643]

So much beautiful stuff thank you for the tour

[@africanstoryteller]

You're welcome

[@ibrahimsamura6857]

Grace, thanks for the good job a sierra Leonean watching from the Netherland

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@martynakay]

The coat is beautiful, next time I'm in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱, I'm definitely going to visit big market. I didn't know the history behind the market. I love Sierra Leone history ❤️

[@itzadacobae1948]

You just gained a new subscriber dear ✌️🇸🇱♥️

[@MirasWorld]

That coat is so fine, will fit on a lot of outfit

[@VictoriaNyuma-ko1jn]

Wow thanks you for showing us big market in sierra Leone

[@kezyoung9259]

Thank you for promoting our African Culture & Heritage. Keep it up🤩🤴🤩

[@africanstoryteller]

Pleasure is mine

[@Zero-hl2zy]

Beautiful episode I just love this. My sister best Video. Thanks for sharing 👍❤🇬🇭

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you, 💞 kindly share the video 🤗

[@ayodeler39]

Excellent show. 👏👏Good to know that schools bring the children to extend and facilitate their knowledge. Increasingly ‘our own’ people need to value our arts, culture and crafts more. Evidently these craft markets best customers are diplomats from all over the world. African trade between countries needs to flourish. For example I would like to see interior designers in African hotels using more local arts and crafts instead of cold , artificial stylised decor. There is the issue of artefacts which have spiritual and ritual value. I would expect those to be kept in their countries of origin. Possibly museum curators in Europe seek out rare artefacts for exhibition displays.

[@zuripenda]

O Grace, Grace! Big market nice, girl! I had to watch again and that coat you tried on, the other locally made materials, shirts, slippers, bags, everything is calling out to me. But more importantly, the culture is astounding; the spirit can be felt as the man explains the history of the masks. Tthe artwork is exquisite. It was good of that gentleman to show you around, and debunk the nasty rumours obviously intended to destroy their businesses and income. I like the mom and triplets. All revealing our rich heritage. Thank you, honey for the drumology. Always immerse yourself - dance, drum, sing - and you cannot lose.

[@Wowfactory2023]

You shouldn’t have taken off that colourful Dress, it looked so beautiful on you. 😊👌 Big market is Everything about Salone Culture. Missing you Mama Salone🇸🇱💯👁. Love your channel My African Sister. Blessings, keep doing the great work. Sierra Leone to the World 🇸🇱🙏🔥🧨💥💪

[@berthekabwe871]

WOW!! That's interesting that people are scared of big markets in Sierra Leone. Personally I love markets minus the smell🤦🏽‍♀️

[@ArunaPepeBlog]

Wow you traveled to my beautiful country. Thank you so much

[@audreylee1076]

I feel good that Africa are shown for it beauty and wonderful people.

[@sy2yd]

Now I know where my Mom's dialect really started as her grandparents landed in SC. Geeche is similar indeed. Preliminary dna is . 32.6 Nigerian, 29.6% Sierra Leone, 27.3 West African. Visiting soon.

[@1204]

I love big markets

[@africanstoryteller]

Me too

[@iTuber012]

Big Market is how things business SHOULD be conducted. I am not a fan of street vendors/open air markets as it causes too much traffic issues. We need to get them all into a building or an area that is not a through street for traffic(foot traffic only) Big Market's ties to slavery are new to me. I will research this.

[@deeafrica4782]

I love 💕 this market and could spend the WHOLE day in there. Beautiful items!!

[@africanstoryteller]

I know right 😄🤗

[@KahajahSesay]

Thank you dear I'm enjoying my country Sierra Leone ❤

[@africastreetvideos8016]

Nice Ms Grace ❤️❤️❤️❤️ from Ghana ❤️

[@alphonseonye3009]

Nice local craft shop for some nice souvenirs

[@Mike-io9ei]

Good video Ms Grace

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@normanelson6806]

Tell it, sister Grace... I love sis!

[@suntanglory]

A very Beautiful and nice market, l love the leather bags, that coat of many colours, the carvings, the drums... It's a shame, l think sierra leonians are more brainwashed than Nigerians, even foreigners are there buying up your carvings and art products but Africans want nothing but foreign goods.l love the place, beautiful products. Thank you.

[@africanstoryteller]

It is absolutely beautiful and colourful in there. I could buy everything if I could 😄🇸🇱😍

[@zuripenda]

@@africanstoryteller Me too !

[@user-cp5yi8cr5w]

@ Sunset Glory Seems like it’s time for an export business to emerge; to bring revenue into the country.

[@deblackviking]

They sell very, very nice things - good clothing and artifacts. I would have shopped there.

[@justiceerimjunior3949]

We love you so much...keep it up

[@obeahman6286]

Here is hoping that u will touch a distinct ethnic group and show some of their ways, That is an aspect of our ancestors lives we know very little of.

[@mariemorrison5862]

Thank you

[@fritzpaul2740]

Your hair is so beautiful 😍

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@nextchapter8358]

🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹 you’re doing well I enjoy the video

[@Oguamma]

In sierra Leone people think they sell human parts and bad things in big markets 😳😳, are you kidding me.

[@africanstoryteller]

Yea, no jokes

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

The depths of the brainwashing was tempered with fear. Wicked colonizers

[@morninglight8300]

Thumbs up!!

[@mamassabajahabajaha7180]

Very interesting Video,

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@pauljones3557]

Please can you slow what a supermarket is like in freetown a large supermarket. Useful information.

[@harunetiyopya]

Congratulations on a multicolored video

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@donaldtracey4541]

Evil market ?? people of Lion Mountain can not be that dumb ? I love it .

[@winngriff]

You have done well. Sierra Leone is really trying after that useless war.

[@AfrikQ10]

I'm not afraid 😏. There are just some things not for sale. I buy colgs though, lots of them.

[@The19711943]

Keep doing what you are doing...

[@africanstoryteller]

I will

[@rosemond1644]

it could be the young people that are scared because there grandparents told them some old tales .

[@africanstoryteller]

Yes

[@doreenonekalit9888]

Very true.

[@SincerePresence]

It is those 30, 40, 50yrs old also

[@SincerePresence]

Yes Grace!!!! It hurts me to see and experience the depth that colonialism has reached. Here in the U.S. it's super crazy at times. I wear beads n things. I also wrap my hair. "Our" people will shy away from me after looking at how I dress. One time a young guy was talking about attacking me because I must be evil. Oh the irony in that!! Nonetheless I really have to be careful and cannot where my own African garments if I want to live in peace. (New York City) smh

[@doreenonekalit9888]

Wow

[@SincerePresence]

@@doreenonekalit9888 🤗

[@mikek9085]

Nice vlog

[@oceejekwam6829]

Ghana has "kente" and "adinkra" cloth. Nigeria has "adire" and "akwete". What is Sierra Leone's most famous traditional fabric?

[@doreenonekalit9888]

Sierra Leone as hand woven cotton cloth that is sewn with an embroidery neckline for men, called Ronko. In the early days it was mostly worn by Tribal Chiefs. And also made as bed linens. They do tie and dye call "Gara" elegant traditional attires are made from them.

[@oceejekwam6829]

@@doreenonekalit9888 Thanks Doreen. I now remember Wode Maya wearing it when he spoke with Prince Dynast Amir. Thank you for sharing.

[@doreenonekalit9888]

@@oceejekwam6829 It was gifted to him when he visited Sierra Leone. He loves that outfit.

[@oceejekwam6829]

@@doreenonekalit9888 Very true.

[@TEEJAY-ej5xt]

@@doreenonekalit9888 well done, you know about Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

[@The19711943]

Smart African woman!!!

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@RDCFemmes]

I love sierra Leonne accent. Some of them sound like a french accent.

[@africanstoryteller]

Yea, I love their accent too

[@africanstoryteller]

Yea, I love their accent too

[@amaradumbuya2099]

French accent no,no,no our accent is far from it

[@veronicabeckley8779]

I am subscribed

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you and welcome to my KZbin family 🤗🥰

[@MirasWorld]

But that slippers made in salons for me oo

[@africanstoryteller]

😄🤣🤣send money

[@sexyshaq31]

Don’t sell the antiques marks put them in a museum. Lovely video.

[@mokabo67]

Nxt tym in sierra Leone, let me know. We can discuss different topics to cover...

[@africanstoryteller]

I'm still here so let's link up. My email [e-mail]

[@mokabo67]

@@africanstoryteller tenki

[@morliaturay2258]

Nice market

[@ladyfdiva5909]

Unique

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

I love your dress

[@africanstoryteller]

Thank you

[@ladyfdiva5909]

Unique place to be guys

[@hawaballubangura5135]

I love you both ❤️

[@africanstoryteller]

Love you too

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São Miguel Quixeramobim Ceará m

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💖👍🏾

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🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱💜💯

[@healthylivingcalisthenics3]

So beautiful

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Point of no return is in the back

[@theresahmannah644]

🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@amaradumbuya2099]

Nobody is going tell you they sell human parts virtue Grace it a secret

[@africanstoryteller]

They don't

[@amaradumbuya2099]

@@africanstoryteller okay

[@queenofsheba357]

@@africanstoryteller that’s a billion $$$ business!!! Y do u think so many black people get killed in ameriKKKa???

[@doreenonekalit9888]

@@queenofsheba357 Bring facts! To support your statement. That's how people can dispel truth from lies.

[@doreenonekalit9888]

@@amaradumbuya2099 If you are a concerned Freetonian and this all youv'e heard or believed. That there are organ trade going on in Big Market. Go deep! go have a section in that market place and find out. Or work with the authorities to run an independent undercover investigation operation for a period of time to find out if your belief or statement is true. This is 2021. There is no information that cannot be verified. Anybody can cook up a narrative or conspiracy theory with no factual evidence, on people's ignorance, lack of knowledge or fear to believe a story. An example is the root backstory of the American Insurrection Story that happened January 6th .

[@rootsextra]

🙏🏿💯

[@harvest-min1825]

In the pass ppl have sold ritual things to the public or they pray over the evil things they sell for different reasons.....that is not the only place that do those type of sells.....its all over. ..

[@ladyfdiva5909]

Yap

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Hi grâce ,kiss you

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thank you grâce good evening to you tell us if you go to Togo

[@cosmicque144]

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[@ladyv4205]

Virtue plz get me each of the beautiful country fans can send u money on PayPal 🙏🏾 Thank u ❤️

[@chefpetey]

MARRY ME!

[@africanstoryteller]

☺️❤️

[@Ajlaty]

I live in Sierra Leone and to be honest I’m scared of visiting!❤️

[@africanstoryteller]

You too?😂

[@rebabarbi2165]

mh5 vum.fyi

[@anngore3842]

Very organised , considering the size of the place! Putting this on my bucket list.