Tag: diaspora
British-Sierra Leoneans Win £9500 from TNL Community Fund
The Young Sierra Leonean CIC (Young Salone), an organisation founded by British-Sierra Leonean creatives to connect and showcase unsung talent from underrepresented communities in South and East London, has been awarded a ...Sierra Leonean Diasporas need to check their privilege when returning home in a pandemic
On the 21st of January 2021, NaCOVERC announced the resumption of curfew and some other additional Covid-19 measures due to the rise in the number of cases after the December holidays. This ...Sierra Leone: Introducing Marjo Bona’s Cocorobics African dance exercise
Cocorobics is an African dance fitness program created by Sierra Leonean-American dancer and choreographer Marjo Lagah-Bona. Bona combines dance from across the continent, and aerobic exercise to make sure participants burn calories ...Sierra Leone Music: Jay Arr’s ‘Anyting’ is perfect afrobeat (VIDEO)
l Lights!!! Camera!!! Action!!! Performing at The Voice of America’s African Beat show with David Vandy @dee4vee1 #musicislife #lifehappens A post shared by JayArr (@darealjayarr) on Oct 26, 2017 at 12:16pm PDT ...Returning to Africa to escape President Trump?
Welcome oh my sista, my broda, welcome! It is not a dream. It is not Juju. Donald Trump is going to be the next President of the United States of America. Yes ...“Flowers” is the latest short film from Sierra Leone’s Nikyatu Jusu (Watch)
Check out the newly released trailer for “Flowers”, the latest film offering by Nikyatu Jusu and Yvonne Shirley. You remember Nikyatu right? She brought us “African Booty Scratcher” and “Say Grace Before ...From child soldier refugee, to ‘craze man’ in an American jail: the story of Nelson ...
The New Yorker just published a story about a Sierra Leonean man who was granted refugee status in the US as a teenager after having been a child soldier. Nelson Kargbo was ...Sierra Leone Beauty Alert! AB MakeUp Artistry by Aminata Bash Taqi
Today we catch up with Aminata Bash-Taqi, a Sierra Leonean Doctoral Candidate in Psychology who her turned her passion for makeup into a small business based in the DMV. We find out ...Sierra Leone Weddings: Sarran and Emmanuel Nunoo married in Canada
Sarran and Emmanuel met in Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada. They dated for 7yrs before they finally decided to walk down the aisle. The wedding was held at the Palace Banquet Hall in ...Sierra Leone: Justice for Sheku Bayoh who died in police custody in the UK
Appeal for Witnesses: We are appealing for information and are keen to hear from witnesses or from anyone who may have information that could help Justice for Sheku Ahmed Tejan Bayoh. If ...