Dear Mr. President, Please Don’t Leave The Kroo Tribe Behind
Because of your smile, the Mandingoes think you share their bloodline Editor’s note: We bring you this letter submitted by Sorboh Anderson. Unedited, please read as the writer invites President Koroma as father of the nation, to become a member of the Kroo tribe and all the tribes of Sierra Leone. As she rightly said, [...]
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SLPP Tamba Sam is a Crooked DRUNK That Can’t Think Straight
SLPP’s Spokesman Tamba Sam is too DRUNK to correctly attribute Sierra Leone’s Road Construction accomplished by President Ernest Bai Koroma. Too much liquor is not good for anyone especially those who are in topnotch leadership positions. Alcohol impairs one’s sense of judgment. Under the influence, our vision becomes blurry, speech drudgery, and reasoning spongy. Many [...]
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Is Dr. Sylvia Blyden Sierra Leone’s Rosa Parks?
Dr. Sylvia Blyden the publisher of the Awareness Times is often referred to as the Iron Lady. Since the British first gave Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher the Iron Lady insignia, every tough woman in Sub-Saharan Africa is called the Iron Lady. In neighboring Liberia, President Johnson is called the Iron Lady. In Sierra Leone, we [...]
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Bio’s SLPP 700 Kilometer Road is in Alaska
During a BBC Focus on Africa interview, Julius Maada Bio stated that the SLPP constructed 700 Kilometer road in Sierra Leone. Wow! Most Sierra Leoneans are bemused because they know there is nowhere they can find this topnotch highway or byway in the country. From east to west and north to south, the length and [...]
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Keeping Julius Maada Bio away from POWER will be our “National Service” to save our Country
Julius Maada Bio is having a tough time selling his destructive agenda for Sierra Leone. Bio is all about blah blah and lies about matters in Sierra Leone; except for being courteous the British don’t want to hear it. He is also not getting the type of media coverage he would have liked. The British are [...]
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Are You Proud To Be A Sierra Leonean?
I attended a BBQ picnic for a 21 year old Sierra Leonean who graduated from a top US university with her BA in Psychology. A Nigerian who was present asked me where I am from. I proudly answered “Sierra Leone.” I asked him where he’s from. Instead of simply stating his country of origin he [...]
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PART 1 : The Reluctant Retreat to the barracks : How Maada Bio tried to hijack democracy in Sierra Leone in 1996
Today, we start serializing an immortal article written by our publisher , Rev. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, in the July 1996 issue of the WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL . In this article, Kabs-Kanu chronicles the torturous, painful and dangerous journey Sierra Leoneans made from military junta rule to multi-party democracy. The article colourfully narrates how the [...]
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Sierra Leonean mass murderer at Chatham House : Will Britain arrest Maada Bio or let him off the hook ?
Culled from cocorioko “ From all the speeches one has heard from members of the Permanent 5 ( P-5) of the United Nations Security Council –U.S, Britain, France, Russia and China–in various international fora, summits and high-level meetings, they seem to place high premium on respect for fundamental human rights and the maintenance of peace [...]
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Indenpendence Day Anniversary Celebrated in Grand Style by Sierra Leoneans & Friends in Seattle Washington
If there is an era when it’s great to be a Sierra Leonean, we are living in one. Sierra Leoneans all over the world are no longer ashamed of saying, “I am a Sierra Leonean.” We feel proud of our heritage; we embrace our culture, and will continue to celebrate those special moments in our [...]
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Mr. Fine Boy, Nor Lie Pan De Pa
It was Independence Day. I was held spellbound listening to His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma address to the nation and Sierra Leoneans all around the world. Whereas in the past we waited for days before reading President Koroma’s proportionate and affectionate Independence Day speech, this time receiving SLBC signal in the US made it instantaneous. To [...]
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