By Zainab Sunkary Koroma (ATJLF/MRCG Fellow 2025)
Tucked away in Freetown is a space unlike any other in Sierra Leone. Quiet and unassuming on the outside, the Sierra Leone Peace Museum is a beacon of remembrance and reconciliation, rooted in a painful past but reaching steadily toward a more peaceful future.
The museum grew out of the legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which brought justice to those who bore the greatest responsibility for crimes committed during the country’s brutal civil war. It was also inspired by the recommendations of the 2004 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report, which called for the preservation of memory as a foundation for healing.
Chapter 4 of the TRC Report underscored this need: “The recording of truth is essential for healing.” And that truth is etched into every corner of the museum from its archive of court proceedings to exhibits that honour the stories of victims and survivors.
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