Tickets for #SLACfest can be purchased by clicking here The annual Sierra Leone Arts & Culture festival (#SLACfest) is a renowned showcase, exhibition and cultural exchange, which attracted the attention of over 200 people last year. Now in its third edition, #SLACfest 2019 will be bigger and better than ever […]
S – is for stating my ancestors’ home. I’m proud to say I’m from Sierra Leone! I – is for improving the country’s narrative. There’s beaches, there’s culture; a great place to live. E – is for Enlightenment, let’s share our culture Our art, our fashion, and architecture. R – […]
I first went back home to Sierra Leone in 2010, for Christmas and New Year. This was after 11/12 years of living in London. I travelled with my mom, dad, and three younger sisters who are British born Sierra Leoneans. I was 21 at the time and my sisters were […]
Outbound: Solid Air I remember, about half my lifetime ago and halfway across the world, I woke up suddenly from sleep. I crawled out of the tent that was my mosquito net and stood for a minute or two listening. The air had a certain heaviness to it. Something was […]
In less than 3 months time, the highly anticipated Sierra Leone Arts & Culture festival returns once again to showcase the best in everything Sierra Leone has to offer both at home and in the diaspora. We’ve got a date set, Saturday 26th October 2019, and a venue (to be […]
Mama, yu se na smɔl nɔmɔ – Sɛt yu mɔt! Mama, i de at – Sɛt yu mɔt! Mama bɔt a gɛt sɛns pas Alfajɔ – Sɛt yu mɔt! Mama na mi go bi Dɔkta – Sɛt yu mɔt! A du bɛtɛ pas ɔl mi kompin dɛn na skul, Mama – Sɛt yu […]
When Kanye West released “Diamonds from Sierra Leone”, I felt like my two worlds were colliding. I’m an avid hip-hop fan and in 2005, Mr West was arguably the biggest hip-hop artist in the world and here he was about to release the most anticipated album of the year to […]
“If we don’t talk about and celebrate our culture, nobody else will!” I came to the UK as a young child and as much as I missed home, I found settling in to the Western way of life a seamless experience. Growing up Sierra Leonean in the UK was culturally […]
If you’re a young Sierra Leonean who’s grown up in the diaspora and you love Sierra Leone like you say you do, there should be no reason why you shouldn’t learn to read and write standardised Krio. This book is a beginner’s guide to reading and writing Krio, written by […]
For 16years, I had no idea I had been homeless. Granted, I had clothes and a roof over my head, never missed a meal or slept rough but my heart, my heart had never been at ease… until I rediscovered home. Returning home 16 years after departing, you find that […]