The AMISTAD Team made many friends while in Sierra Leone. In the hectic times of juggling many tasks in Freetown, we did not even have enough time to express our gratitude to all of them and properly present their profiles on our website. I am still on the road, filming and photographing, so updating the website is not always that easy. As I am organizing my notes and photo archives I will try to express properly our gratitude to our Sierra Leonean Friends and simply say that we already miss them.

Josephine Kargbo, in this photo with Capt. Bill, became one of our most trusted friends and supporters in Freetown. She is a Curator of the National Museum in Freetown – part of the Monuments and Relics Commission of Sierra Leone.  We brought with us to Freetown only one copy (heavy - 3 lbs) of the beautifully edited book by Judith Dupree, Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory. The book's chapter dedicated to Amistad is placed between the Alamo and Gettysburg Memorial. We were delighted to present the book as a token of our gratitude to the Monuments and Relics Commission of Sierra Leone. We are looking forward to working with you again, Josephine!

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