Tag: events
DIASPORA EVENT: Make Sierra Leone Famous Announces Lineup For US Showcase
SILVER SPRING – #MakeSierraLeoneFamous opens first international showcase with Sierra Leonean-American creatives and entrepreneurs. Vickie Remoe, Curator & Amplifier of all things excellent and noteworthy about Sierra Leone is announcing the lineup ...Sierra Leone: Guinness Foreign Extra Stout brand launch (Event Photos)
Sierra Leone Brewery Limited joins the rest of the continent with the launch of the rebranded Guinness Foreign Extra Stout. Lovers of the internationally renowned black beer should look out for “fruit ...Zainab Sheriff, Majid Michel at ‘She Prayed’ Sierra Leone film premier (PHOTOS)
Over the weekend, She Prayed had an impressive premiere in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The poolside premiere which was held at the Country Lodge Hotel had a full house. Below are photos from ...“The Barray” State of Emergency free Art exhibit opens Dec 3 at Bliss in Freetown
“The Barray” is a group of innovative, emerging Sierra Leonean artists who will be putting on a maiden exhibition in Freetown in the first week of December. We are keenly aware of Swit Salone’s status as the ...Sierra Leone celebrates end of ebola with a vigil at Cotton Tree (Photos)
A coalition of women’s organizations brought together what seemed like all of Freetown for a vigil in memory of those who died during the ebola outbreak. Below is a collection of photos ...Star Zero, Sierra Leone National Music Awards, and your winners (PHOTOS)
Words & Pictures by Jaime Barry in Freetown The National Music Awards organized by the Union of Sierra Leone Disc Jockeys’ was hosted at the national stadium with over 1000 spectators from ...SALONE EVENT: Tokeh Regatta 3 goes down Dec 23rd tickets available! (PHOTOS)
Join me on December 23rd as we try to pull off the most entertaining day of family fun at Tokeh Beach in Freetown. Friends of Education Salone was founded three years ago ...Last night in Accra: Jojo Abot performed live at the Lexington (Photos)
For 10 Cedi ($5) I saw jazz singer Jojo Abot perform live at the Lexington on Ring Rd in Accra last night. Throughout this month there’ll be weekly jazz performances there. I had ...Photo Flash: Enjoy Sierra Leone Boat Party cruises on again [photo gallery]
The good folks over at Enjoy Sierra Leone are slowly recovering from the 3rd Annual Enjoy Sierra Leone Boat Party which happened in the first week of September. Today chief priestess of ...Yaa Pono, Efya, Wanlov, Mensa live concert in Accra for Big in Ghana 2012 (Photos)
Photos from the just concluded Big in Ghana 2012 sponsored by Bavaria, and Alomo Bitters produced by Africa Unsigned and Ghana’s FOKN Bois