When citizens and friends of Sierra Leone piled into a room in south London one evening in 2014, the hope was for situation updates by representatives from agencies fighting the Ebola outbreak. It was August and we had for close […]
When citizens and friends of Sierra Leone piled into a room in south London one evening in 2014, the hope was for situation updates by representatives from agencies fighting the Ebola outbreak. It was August and we had for close […]
It was a huge first for Sierra Leone’s politics when six of the men hoping to become the country’s first citizen and the people’s first servant found themselves extracted from the safety and comfort of adoring fans to tell the […]
Rejection of the notion that “all’s fair in love and war” was put in me during my upbringing and reinforced by schooling, military training and the countless moments of horror in front of the television, listening to the radios or […]
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 […]