My RIGHTS, Your RIGHTS!- A poem By Milton Margai
By: Milton Margai (United Kingdom) MY RIGHTS, YOUR RIGHTS! My rights, your rights. If my rights are violated; Yours are indirectly violated too. It is a threat to civil liberties; It is a violation of our God-given rights. He who rejoices over anothers’ mistreatment by the state Rejoices over his inevitable demise. For what point More...
Sierra Leone:- Letter to President Ernest Bai Koroma by Charles Margai on the Land Issue dated July 28th 2010.
Charles Francis Margai Wednesday, July 28th 2010 His Excellency, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, State House, FREETOWN. Dear Mr. President, I attempted last Friday to have More...
South African Choreographer, Radio Producer Shares Panel on Soul of the Black World
By: Dennis Kabatto A three member panel consisting of Africans from the Continent, Caribbean and the United States recently held a ROOTS and STARS: “Prayer Spears” series discussion on multiple expressions More...
Miss Sierra Leone USA departs to Freetown for Sierra Leone‘s 52nd independence anniversary
By: Dennis Kabatto Reigning Miss Sierra Leone USA 2013, Ruby B. Johnson leaves the United States of America Thursday to take part in Saturday’s independence ceremony. While in Sierra Leone she will visit More...
Sierra Leone:-How Cuban Villagers Learned They Descended From Sierra Leone Slaves
The amazing story of the traditional songs and dances, passed down over hundreds of years, that have tied a small Caribbean ethnic group to a remote African tribe. By: Emma Christopher (April 22, 2013) Chief More...
The spirit of Sierra Leone in London
By: Paul Basu, University College London The latest Asahi Shimbun Display Sowei mask: Spirit of Sierra Leone opened to the public this week. The display is the most recent outcome of collaborations between More...
Sierra Leone:-Solutions to Sierra Leone’s Unemployment Problems.
By: Jesmed F. Suma Please note the views expressed in this article do not represent the views of Sierra Leone Policy Watch Inc or its Advisory Board on Economic Policies. This is not a policy document it More...
Laser versus Razor Myth: Circumcised African Women Fight Back in the Battle Against FGM
By: Fuambai Sia Ahmadu, PhD Some twenty odd years ago, when I was just finishing university in the US, I chose to travel to my country of heritage – Sierra Leone – to undergo female initiation. This More...
Sierra Leone:- “JUDASES IN OUR MIDST”- A Poem By: Milton Margai
MAMA IS BEING BETRAYED BY THE VERY PEOPLE APPOINTED TO LOOK AFTER HER INTEREST MAMA IS BEING EXPLOITED BY THOSE SHE’D EXPECTED WOULD MAKE THEIR PRIORITY, HER INTEREST. MAMA IS BEING EXPOSED More...
Making, Selling Jewelry Empowers Former Sierra Leone Female Prisoners
By: Nina de Vries (VOA) FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — Former female prisoners in Sierra Leone are finding creative ways to incorporate themselves back into society. They are making beaded jewelry that is More...