The Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (#SLACfest) returns to South London for its 2025 edition with FOUR separate ticketed events across 3 days. Expect a joyful weekend-long celebration of Sierra Leonean art, culture, history, and heritage, featuring music, poetry, panel talks, comedy, food, exhibitions, vendors, and activities for the […]
Fambul, Una Kushe oo and Happy New Year!. After what feels like forever since we last published a blog, The Young Sierra Leonean CIC is proud to present our round-up of 2024. Although it was a relatively quiet year for us as an organization, 2024 has been an amazing year […]
Good news wi fambul dɛm… we are excited to announce that the Sierra Leone Arts and Culture festival #SLACfest is back for its fifth edition, the first in-person edition since 2019, after a pandemic-induced two years hiatus. Founded in 2017, #SLACfest is a renowned showcase, exhibition and cultural exchange, which […]
The Sierra Leone Arts & Culture Festival (SLACfest) returns on 4th – 5th November, after a hiatus, with a two-day celebration taking place at Brixton House in South London and Poplar Union in East. Sierra Leone’s ‘Re-introduction’ and ‘Re-emergence’ are the themes for this year’s gathering. The 2023 edition of […]
Roll Your Sleeves With Eve, a futuristic play written by young Sierra Leonean, Shamila Sulaiman, has been chosen to be part of Theatre Peckham’s Young Gifted & Black festival. Set in 2050, Roll Your Sleeves With Eve is a romantic-comedy & drama about a badly behaved celebrity chef who goes […]
British-Sierra Leonean renowned artist and long term #SLACfest collaborator Alim Kamara has released an heartfelt music video to his track ‘Phase’ – a Plea for Love and understanding in uncertain times. With a compelling melody and a perfect blend of Kringlish (a mixture of Krio & English), ‘Phase’ is a […]
The Young Sierra Leonean CIC (Young Salone), an organisation founded by British-Sierra Leonean creatives to connect, showcase, and celebrate Salone talent in the UK and at home, has partnered up with FAMBUL – a mission-led community-focused platform and apparel brand – to launch a limited edition apparel collection to mark […]
The Young Sierra Leonean CIC (Young Salone), an organisation founded by British-Sierra Leonean creatives to connect and showcase unsung talent from underrepresented communities in South and East London, has been awarded a £9,500 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund. This grant will be utilised for the 2023 Sierra Leone […]
After three years of celebrating Sierra Leone Arts & Culture, the Young Sierra Leonean is proud to present a brand-new programming for 2020… Sierra Leone Week – #SaloneWeek. Wetin na Sierra Leone Week? Sierra Leone Week is a series of events during the week of Sierra Leone’s Independence, to celebrating […]
Hello, Hi, Fambul dɛm una kushɛ, Thank you for choosing to attend the Sierra Leone Arts & Culture festival 2019 on Saturday. We are very excited to host you and below you’ll find our program to #SLACfest 2019. If you’re a ticket holder, you should’ve also received an email outlining […]