The change they seek is to their relationships with the system and not to the system itself. Their only purpose is to become the more advantaged – to be able to do all the things they condemn others for doing. […]
The change they seek is to their relationships with the system and not to the system itself. Their only purpose is to become the more advantaged – to be able to do all the things they condemn others for doing. […]
Traditions, as good and amusing and fascinating as they can be, also carry the risk of providing resistance, sometimes illogical, in the face of much needed change. I actually love the way traditions define one group of people from the […]
“They think it’s all over… it is now!” is, in England’s annals of football related quotes, probably only matched by “football is not a matter of life and death; it is more important than that”. Whatever the case, with most […]
They fought long, they fought hard… they lost, but their heads can be held high for they literally “died in their boots”. The last sixteen was exciting for not having any of the shameful roll over and die we saw […]
When the game so many love to play and even more love to watch has its four yearly jamboree in the country that supposedly parties like no other and plays the game even more beautifully, who am I to let […]
May 31st 2014 will see a courageous bid to reshape a facet of Sierra Leone’s psyche. The ‘Stop Rape Now’ walk in Freetown is a protest event that deserves the support of all Sierra Leoneans who oppose the abuse of […]
It is proud people that you find on any tour of Africa. The outsider might suspect they are embarrassed by their lot. Not so! Go through African villages and you find people with a belief in what they are, and […]
It’s New Year’s Day 2014; a day many of us have spent a fair part of sending out wishes for things good to family, friends, colleagues… and even strangers. I am sure many of you also started the year determined […]
As I wish you all a merry Christmas and a New Year in which dreams become reality, I hope and actually believe most of you will spare a thought for all those whose day will be anything but merry, and […]
Now that the “official” period of remembrance is over, permit me to express some thoughts. With great pride and humility, I commanded the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Stockwell Cenotaph and Memorial Garden two days ago. Standing alongside current and […]