Month: March 2012
Kim Thue Photography presents ‘Dead Traffic’ from Sierra Leone
Danish Photographer Kim Thue spent 10 months in Sierra Leone wandering about with his camera until he eventually walked into the slums of Kroo Bay. In his now published photography book “Dead ...New Music: Lex Bubble with Farda G in “Ghaddaffi” (VIDEO)
Lex Bubble has officially shut down Sierra Leone’s rap game. “Ghaddafi” is another Nick Asgill production featuring Freetown based rapper by night banker by day Alex Fakondo Jr. aka Mr. Bubble. The ...Biometric voter registration closes with over 2.5 million in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s national biometric voter registration has closed after a 3 month exercise led by the National Electoral Commission (NEC). In a press conference last week the NEC Commissioner Miatta French announced ...“I have no problem with the government” – Dovy Daramy of Dry Yai Crew
Last month we reported that Mohamed ‘DovyDovy’ Daramy of the Dry Yai Crew had his visa to the US revoked while he was visiting Australia. Yesterday Daramy contacted us to set the ...Award winning film kicks off festival in Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leone International Film Festival (SLIFF) kicks off today at Cruzer Cinema in Aberdeen,Freetown. The first of its kind festival is a collaborative exploration in story telling and cinematography featuring ongoing ...You are invited to ‘Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’ in Accra, Ghana
BTWSC (UK) in association with WEB Du Bois Memorial Centre For Pan African Culture (GH), BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 100PM Collective and H.E. Mr KB Asante invites you to Remembering Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – an audio-visual presentation, led by ...University of Sierra Leone awards students of academic excellence
Twenty-Eight students from the various campuses of the University of Sierra Leone received awards of academic excellence in Freetown. The 6th annual awards banquet was held for the first time at the ...Djimon Hounsou to play a South African Cop in ‘Zulu’
Beninois actor and model Djimon Hounsou has been cast to play a South African policeman in the movie ‘Zulu’. The movie which will be shot in Cape town, South Africa this July ...A doing business in Sierra Leone story: Amaani Designs
Almost two years ago Katib Iscandari and his wife Sia and daughter said goodbye to their life in U.K. They repatriated to Sierra Leone. In the 10 years since the end of ...Warri Wolves and F.C. Kallon in goalless draw
Freetown–In the ongoing CAF Champions League play off games, one of the giants of Sierra Leone Premier League F.C. Kallon hosted the Warri Wolves of Nigeria in Freetown. It was an unpreditable match that ended ...