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My Return to Sierra Leone: Stranded on the Sierra Leone River
From our intrepid leader, Amadu Massally: 47 Americans and 8 Sierra Leoneans Stuck …in the Sierra Leone River and thereby discovered Friends of Sierra Leone Island. This is newsworthy and in fact book-worthy. The SL River, being the largest natural harbor … Continue reading
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My Return to Sierra Leone: Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
While Sierra Leone isn’t filled with the sort of wildlife many associate with Africa, is does have quite a bit. We always heard about elephants, but I never met anyone who ever had seen one. Sadly, even when I was … Continue reading
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My Return to Sierra Leone: Bunce Island
Of the many infamous slave castles that existed along the coast of West Africa, Sierra Leone’s Bunce Island is the most historically significant for the United States. While the slave traders at others of these dreadful places were sending captives … Continue reading
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My Return to Sierra Leone: Freetown
I’d been thinking about returning to Sierra Leone for years, but it took the Friends of Sierra Leone to make it a reality. I can’t thank the organizers enough for all they did to make a potentially very difficult experience … Continue reading
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My Return to Sierra Leone: Krio
My return to Sierra Leone was remarkable. Happily, my anxiety about what I’d experience thirty-five years later was for nought. I’m still mulling over the best way to communicate the whole of it. In the meantime I’m going to do … Continue reading
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Learning About Africa: Sierra Leone, Mudslides, and Absent Media
It is the rainy season in Sierra Leone. The country being close to the equator, these rains are intense and this year it has been worse than usual. Early on the morning of August 14th especially heavy rains caused dense … Continue reading
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Africa is My Home: In Sierra Leone
Two friends who also served in Sierra Leone in the Peace Corps recently returned for a visit bringing along several copies of Africa is My Home as gifts. But what a gift they gave me by sending this photo of … Continue reading
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Learning About Africa: Going Back to Sierra Leone
Next Friday I’m heading back in time, so to speak. That is, I’m going back to Freetown, Sierra Leone, for the first time since I left in 1976 after two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. My emotions are very … Continue reading
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Peace Corps Back in Sierra Leone
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone, 1974-76, and an important part of my life is to advocate for Sierra Leone and for the continent of Africa. When I returned to the US no one had a clue … Continue reading
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Learning about Africa: Fifth in a Series
After having read about and listened to their music I finally got to see the documentary film, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars when it was aired on PBS recently. It was personally hard for me at times (especially the footage … Continue reading
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