Pictures of Mende and Temne People

Mende People

The image above shows Mende women. Most women of the Mende tribe work on farms.

http://www.undp.org/content/dam/sierraleone/img/undp_sle_Moyamba%20market%20women.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.540.390.jpeg

Men are the tribal hunters of the Mende people. The boys in the picture above are hunters. Most boys learn and start to hunt at a young age.

http://www.mendeleone.com/the-oath-for-mende-people/

Temne People

The image above shows Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leone's foreign prime minister, with a tribe of Temne women.

The image above shows men from the Temne tribe before a ritual. Their clothing has similar patterns and styles.