Program

Public Programs: Younger Scholars, 2/76 - 2/85

Period of Performance

1/1/1978 - 7/31/1978

Funding Totals

$1,598.00 (approved)
$1,598.00 (awarded)


Historical and Archeological Survey of Bunce Island, West Africa

FAIN: GY-10517-77

Joseph Opala
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To conduct an historical and archaeological survey of Bunce Island, the site of a ruined 18th century British slave fort in the Freetown harbor, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Project will contribute to the history of slavery and colonization.