The books, lectures and experiences have informed me of leadership that inspired teams, organisations, communities and countries to up their games. I have learnt of, seen, felt and even suffered failures of leadership. As the people of Sierra Leone look […]
It is six weeks to the opportunity to change a rather challenging narrative… A woman goes to have a baby knowing her country of residence makes it hugely unlikely she will see or hold that baby. She is a citizen […]
Much has been said recently about who we are, where we come from and even who is seen as really belonging. In the mix were insults, rejections, anger and confusion as emotions competed for space with rationale. What the USA […]
Odd, inconsistent, contradictory and unconstructive fixations the origins and citizenships of aspirants are creeping into the Sierra Leone election campaigns with noises on who was born here, lived there or married elsewhere becoming a tactic to enable suspect agendas. Some […]
Sierra Leonean often start gatherings using the wisdoms and experiences of the old, the powerful and the religious to set the scene for deliberations and help steer proceedings. In eight weeks there will be a dispersed gathering of Sierra Leoneans. […]
“Open your eyes and look within. Are you satisfied with the life your living?” So sings Bob Marley (‘Exodus’) in thoughts of that movement of people to a supposedly better existence. He followed that with from the song: “we know […]
Private Baldrick of the “cunning” but not so clever plans leaves Captain Blackadder with “the agony of choice” between culinary efforts that looked more like strategies for harm than offers of sustainment. Anyway, it is in the make-believe world of […]
In the drivel are statistics and interpretations of them that leave little doubt they believe and place hope in the concept of the “Three Bs” – that “Bullshit Baffles Brains”. The aim is almost always to avoid responsibility for failures […]
May 25th; probably a day Sierra Leoneans should reflect on the past and take lessons forward. On this day in 1963, Sierra Leone was one of the founding nations of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union […]
A quarter of a century ago today, junior officers of the Sierra Leone Army deserted their posts during the war against the Revolutionary United Front and marched into the capital city with some of their soldiers. Ostensibly, the purpose was […]