Month: September 2025

As the ruling party begins to rip up the scab of our past and force-feed us with its greased hog, there’s no putting lipstick on the provocative pig of bigotry [Read more]

In the 1970s and 80s, when performing Hajj was a nightmare for ordinary Sierra Leoneans, a group of visionary Muslim leaders created the Sierra Leone Pilgrimage Movement (SLPM). They gave [Read more]

I still remember the message that woke me before dawn: “Here’s a song from South Africa.” A YouTube link. I clicked. It was music pulsing with that deep kind of [Read more]

No Chinese citizen wakes up one morning saying, “I’m going to vote for my President.”   WHY? Because the Chinese President is not chosen by the people. He is selected [Read more]

“Cognitive Dissonance is the psychological discomfort a person feels when holding two or more conflicting beliefs, attitudes, or values, or when their beliefs conflict with their behaviours. It arises when [Read more]

Why many people see journalism as the barometer of society and thermometer of public opinion is anybody’s guess. Even though some see elections as advance auction sale of stolen goods, [Read more]

Seen as the best form of governance, the Greeks who have been credited with inventing the idea and concept of democracy recognised the dual nature of it from its inception. [Read more]