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Sierra Leone Independence Movement
Sierra Leone
Independence Movement
was a Freetown-based
political party
in Sierra
Leone
, was
founded
in
1957
. The
movement
was led by
Edward Wilmot Blyden III
. The
party
contested four
Freetown
constituencies
in the
1957 election
, but did not
win
any seat.
In September
1958
,
SLIM
merged
with the
Kono Progressive Movement
,
forming
the
Sierra Leone Progressive Independence Movement
.