Eyewitness accuse SierraLeone police of excessive force in deadly Lumbley gunfire

  Words & Images by Jaime Yaya Barry Kingston Upon Hall Way is still stained with the blood of a man police killed a day ago. Officers of the Sierra Leone Police shot and killed an armed man, but eye witnesses on the scene say the killing was unjustified. They say the police shot the [...]

Street hawkers protest removal from Sierra Leone’s main city

Words & Images by Amadu Lamrana Bah “Where’s the market?” is what hundreds of traders chanted as they marched in anger. The traders said that they were victims of Operation WID, a government effort to rid the city’s streets of hawkers and petty traders. The crowd of mostly women and some young men said that [...]

Idris Elba’s Mandela film opens this Thanksgiving in US and beyond

In November, Idris Elba’s Mandela Biopic will open in theaters across the US and selected European cities. The producers made this announcement at the Cannes Film Festival, a day after the film’s poster was released on the web. “‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’  explores the Mandela unknown to most of the world — the lover of fast [...]

Mano River Union states hold conference on women’s access to energy in SierraLeone

Words & Picture by Jaime Barry Mano River Union states including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, and Ivory Coast convened in Freetown to adopt a plan to increase women’s access to renewable energy. The ministers of energy and gender from across the region were present as President Koroma pledged to support women in Sierra Leone, the [...]

Ghana’s Efya gives ‘Life’ to African soul music with new release

At the Jazzhole in Lagos, Efya performed ‘Life’ which is the latest from her long awaited debut album which her producers have promised will be out this year. There are few, very few singers who can command a room, stroke a song, carry a tune like Efya. In Ghana we have yet to witness a [...]

18 winners at inaugural Sierra Leone Youth Excellence Awards 2013 (Photos)

The first Youth Excellence Awards were held at the Family Kingdom Resort in Freetown on Saturday night. Eighteen young Sierra Leoneans were awarded for excellence in the arts, business, community service, media, sports, entrepreneurship, and scholastics. The winners were selected  by a panel of three judges from a pool of nominees submitted by the public [...]

I am Sierra Leone’s Oprah and my OWN GoWoman Magazine has officially launched!

Following in her ever fabulous footsteps, and living up to my name as Sierra Leone’s Oprah Winfrey, I have launched my very own magazine. On April 13,I officially added publisher to my now growing list of titles. This in less than 1 year of finishing the grueling Masters program at Columbia Journalism School. When I finished [...]