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Category Archives: Sierra Leone
Sorious Samura
Sorious Samura (born 1964) is a Sierra Leonean journalist. He is best known for two CNN documentary films: Cry Freetown (2000) and Exodus from Africa (2001). The self-funded Cry Freetown depicts the most brutal period of the civil war in … Continue reading
Posted in Leader, People, Sierra Leone
Tagged boys high school, central character, cnn, cnn documentary, cry freetown, death and danger, documentary films, emmy award, hometowns, independent television production, insight news, reality television, ruf rebels, sahara desert, shocking reality, sierra leonean, strait of gibraltar, sudanese refugee, television production company, war in sierra leone
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Lamina Sankoh
Rev. Etheldred Jones (later known as Lamina Sankoh) (28 June 1884-1964) was a prominent Sierra Leonean pre-independence politician, educator, banker and clergyman. Sankoh is known most prominently for helping to found The People’s Party in 1948, which was one of … Continue reading
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Vida
Sierra Leonean female musician
Posted in Entertainment and society, Music, Sierra Leone
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Isha Sesay
Isha Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent. She is best known in the UK as a former newsreader for Sky Sports News and ITN, and since 2005 has been an anchor for CNN International. Sesay was born … Continue reading
Posted in Sierra Leone
Tagged british journalist, cnn, cnn international, fourah bay college, freetown, hepatitis, itn, kadi, lecturer, marketing board, media groups, older sister, produce marketing, Sierra Leone, sierra leonean, sky sports, sky sports news, television presenter, trinity college cambridge, valentine strasser
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Dr. Christiana Thorpe
Dr. Christiana Thorpe (born 1955 in Freetown, Sierra Leone) is the current chief of the Sierra Leone National Electoral Commission, an independent agency created by the Sierra Leone government and is in charge of organising and supervising national, regional and … Continue reading
Posted in Sierra Leone, Women Leaders
Tagged daily press briefings, decisiveness, electoral commissioner, freetown sierra leone, independent agency, infectious smile, language choice, local elections, national electoral, offici, political rhetoric, sierra leone government, sierra leone national electoral commission, sierra leoneans, style of leadership, television address, tenterhooks, transparent elections, valentine strasser
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Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Sierra Leone
Located in the beautiful Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve, close to Freetown – the capital, the sanctuary covers 100 acres of important rainforest and watershed. Tacugama was established in 1995 to home and rehabilitate confiscated, orphaned and abandoned chimps. It … Continue reading
Posted in Sierra Leone, Travel
Tagged chimpanzee, chimpanzees, chimps, endangered species, forest reserve, peninsula, rainforest, sanctuary, Sierra Leone, tacugama
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Fishing in Sierra Leone
The largest fishing grounds for shrimp in West Africa – along with tuna, snapper, mackeral, lobster and crab mean that Sierra Leone fishing can make a considerable contribution to the economy. Most of the fishing done is artisanal. // –> … Continue reading
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Tagged aqua sports, breeding grounds, estuary, fishing camp, fishing grounds, fly fishing, freetown, grouper, live bait, Sierra Leone, tarpon
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