Sherbro Island is known for its pristine beaches that are a nesting ground for green sea turtles.
The actor was brought up in London, but his mom is from Ghana and his dad from Sierra Leone.
Elba: First of all, it’s a beautiful little island off the coast of Sierra Leone.
And Sherbro Island used to historically be the point of no return in the slave trade.
It was where England had their capital city of Sierra Leone [when it was a colony], in a city called Bonthe, which is still there.
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