| 1 | The Cotton Tree is a historic symbol of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. | |
| 2 | A year later the government declared the war over and my mother returned to Freetown. | |
| 3 | As for me, I have been back to Freetown many times since and I often see street performers. | |
| 4 | I managed to lose the ability to speak the day after a big party in Freetown at the weekend. | |
| 5 | Outside of the craze of Freetown, the capital, I've seen a peninsula of beautiful beaches and lush forest. |