Vickie Remoe is a twenty something socialist, fashionista, concerned global citizen, Know-It-All, Africanist, self proclaimed “Biggest Swit Mot Na Salone”. Vickie is one of first “cool kids” to move back to Sierra Leone as early as 2007. Read More
Vickie Remoe
Aniru Conteh
Aniru Sahib Sahib Conteh (August 6, 1942- April 4, 2004) was a Sierra Leonean physician who was considered the world’s leading expert on Lassa fever, a disease endemic to West Africa. For over two decades, Conteh risked his life running the only dedicated Lassa fever ward in the world during the Sierra Leone Civil War and the civil war in neighboring Liberia. With little funding and few supplies, Conteh successfully reduced mortality rates, saving thousands of lives until his own death from the disease in 2004.
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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 Sierra Leone with RUF rebels capturing the capital city (January 1999).
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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 in the UK and is one of three children, having an older sister and a younger brother. Her mother is Dr. Kadi Sesay, a former lecturer at Fourah Bay College, who entered Sierra Leonean politics in 1992 as an advisor to the government of Valentine Strasser. Her father, who worked as a legal advisor to the SLPMB (Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board), died in 1988, having caught hepatitis while on a trip to India.
Sesay moved to Sierra Leone with her family when she was seven years old, where she studied at Fourah Bay College School in Freetown. At the age of 16 she returned to the UK, and after completing her A-levels was accepted into Trinity College, Cambridge, where she studied English.[1] It was there that she decided to become a television presenter, having previously aspired to become an actress, and during her final year began writing to media groups seeking work.
Mohamed Kallon
Mohamed Kallon (born October 6, 1979 in Kenema, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean professional footballer, and is the captain for the Leone Stars, Sierra Leone national football team, and the most famous Sierra Leonean footballer. He is the younger brother of fellow Sierra Leonean international Kemokai Kallon, and former Sierra Leonean international Musa Kallon. When he first made his international debut for his country, Kallon was given the nickname Small Kallon by Sierra Leonean football fans because he was the youngest of the three Kallon brothers in the national team.
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Adama Kargbo
Adama Kargbo is a 24yr old Sierra Leonean-American recent graduate of Parsons School of Design (Paris, France). She has recently returned to Sierra Leone from New York City to launch her first collection; ASCHOBI DESIGNS. This collection gives a modern twist to vintage 1960s African couture. Although she could have launched her collection anywhere, Adama chose her ancestral home as the birth place of ASCHOBI because of her unshakeable conviction in the rebirth and redevelopment of this country. This initial collection is a celebration of the career minded African woman who balances family, community, and work obligations with grace, elegance, and beauty.
Monty Jones
Dr. Monty Jones (born February 5, 1951 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean plant breeder and executive director of FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa). The main developer of NERICA (New Rices for Africa), a set of high-productivity rices adapted to West Africa’s growing conditions, Jones was a co-recipient of the 2004 World Food Prize.
In 2004, Jones was named a co-recipient (with Prof. Yuan Longping of China) of the World Food Prize.
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