“Couldn’t place a call. Make sure your device has internet connection and try again”. (WhatsApp call). “The number you’re calling is either switched off or outside coverage area” (Direct phone [Read more]
The All People’s Congress (APC) was never intended as a conventional political party. From its inception, it was conceived as a remedy for Sierra Leone’s chronic political and social ailments. [Read more]
Last week, the Muslim Ummah raised its voice in anguish over the sale of the Sierra Leone Pilgrimage estate to Hajj Fawaz. Doubt hung heavy. We had grown used to [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]
According to the local lore, the song “Koko Ros” was composed by Dr. Orloh, in the wake of a personal rupture—his divorce. On the surface, it is draped in melody [Read more]
In exactly a fortnight ago, some of us were lauding an orchestrated and successfully choreographed display of UNITY during the Sierra Leone People 14th National Delegates Conference. We spoke about [Read more]
Language is not just a means of communication—it is a mirror of society and a powerful instrument in shaping it. From the way we talk to the way we lead, [Read more]
As controversial and debatable as it sounds, hate and revenge have become the palm oil with which politics is eaten today. Revenge politics has now become trendy. What makes it [Read more]
“Democracy is not a spectator sport— It is a shared inheritance that must be defended by all.” The term imperial presidency was once an American cautionary tale—an oxymoron meant to [Read more]
To mark the occasion of his own eightieth birthday, the writer, in these two separate articles, first pays homage to the late Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, and then writes a [Read more]
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