It remains ‘the beautiful game’

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 […]

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A matter of heads…

Brazil 2014… Phew!!! The groups stage is done; now for the first of the do or die stages. The qualified thirty-two has been shaken out to give the last sixteen. From now on, each match will end with some crying […]

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It’s Still About Goals…

Major sporting tournaments! They turn us into experts and we go on to commentate on all that has been as well as on what should have been. The almost inevitable discussion about whether the team that won should have won […]

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My World Cup…

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 […]

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It’s All About Substance…

The wisdom of our people suggests – “if a mad man steals your clothes and you chase him while naked, bystanders are left unsure of who the mad person is”. For this reason and that alone, I refuse to get […]

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Men must say it too… ‘Stop Rape Now’

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 […]

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Our Brothers’ Keepers?

Will the African Union take time out this Africa Day to reflect on its last twelve months? Will there be reference to the aspirations which on May 25th 1963 gave birth to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)? Look at […]

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A need for lions…

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 […]

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Independence Day (27 April 2014)

April 27th… to Sierra Leoneans and Togolese – Independence Day; for South Africans -Freedom Day. Twenty years ago today, the queuing started as South Africans in the first elections with universal adult suffrage came out to influence their destiny. Out […]

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Problem… What problem? (17 April 2014 )

Twenty years ago this month we got a stark reminder of man’s capacity and willingness to conduct acts of inhumanity. The United States had half a year earlier been bloodied in Somalia and much of the world was somewhat distracted […]

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