Ricketts Fishing Village, Banana Island, Sierra leone
Ricketts is a coastal fishing village on Banana Islands off Yawri Bay, around the peninsula in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone. Ricketts is an island and is reached only by boat or helicopter.
The major industries in the village are fishing and tourism.
The population of Ricketts is almost entirely made up of the Creole and Sherbro ethnic groups. Krio is the primary language of communication in the village.
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