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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
With now under six weeks until the most anticipated day in the green, white and blue calendar, it’s only right that we start introducing you to some of the faces you can expect to grace our stage this year with all their plethora of disciplines and arts. Meet André Bright… […]
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 […]
Fambul dɛm, una dɔn yɛri? Di Salon at ɛn kɔlchɔ fɛstival nain dɔn kam bak so! “Na wetin dat?” a yɛri una de aks? Wɛl dis na di nɔmba wan sɛlibreshɔn ɔf wi yɔng pipul dɛm frɔm ɔl ova di wɔl. Dis nɔto jɔs ingland ɔ salon tiŋ o… dis […]