Episode 3 - A Fellowship of the Free

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Zion Freetown 230

Zion Freetown

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Established in Sierra Leone in 1792 by ex-Loyalists who journeyed from the American South to Nova Scotia then to Freetown on 16 ships, later joined by Maroons from Jamaica, Liberated Africans, Africans from the West Indies, the seventeen nations including Mende, Sherbro, Temne and Bullom peoples of the region, to form the Central Circuit; Zion Methodist Church today remains a fixture of living history in the heart of Freetown. Seven generations of family and 230 years of fellowship later we look back at the story of Zion and set course for the next port in a remarkable 'One Journey'.

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Episode 3 - A Fellowship of the Free

Zion Freetown 230

22 minutes 20 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 3 - A Fellowship of the Free

In the closing decades of the eighteenth century, the convergence of various streams of transatlantic migration on Sierra Leone resulted in the intermixing of people with different life experiences of enslavement and freedom in Africa, the West Indies, Europe and America.

In this episode, Adrian Labor discusses the Fellowship of the Free; Akindele Decker on the legacy of his grandfather renowned Sierra Leonean linguist, poet, and journalist Thomas Alexander Leighton Decker OBE, highlights the significance of language in the context of our conversations. Presented by Natacha Leopold. Written and Produced by Barbara Morgan.

[Intro music: LEOA academic male voice choir, lyrics by Samuel Koffie-Williams]

[Image: (Cover page) Origin of Wesleyan Methodism in Sierra Leone and History of its missions, by Rev Charles Marke]

(00:00) Opening

(01:47) A community not of loyalists or patriots but freedom. Barbara had some mouse clicks going which may be annoying to some listeners and we apologize for this.

(07:23) Mad Methodists

(09:40) Akindele Decker on challenging the language with which we approach history

(13:50) Church leaders from Birch Town Nova Scotia, Resistance and the Sierra Leone Company

(20:38) Wrap up and goodbyes

This podcast is a fully volunteer effort toward the Zion Freetown 230 initiative.

Help with mental health- https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/guide-to-mental-health-resources/for-bipoc-mental-health; https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/Black-African-American; https://ilpa.org.uk/members-area/working-groups/well-being-new/well-being-resource-hub/mental-health-resources-for-black-people-and-poc/