Freetown | Intervention

Updated: Tribute to Haja Kadie Bangura (1942-1989)

Posted By: adminon: September 16, 2024In: People in ActionTags: Bangura family, Freetown, Freetown Secondary School for Girls, Ibadan in Nigeria, Nursing sisterNo CommentsViews:

By Dr Yusuf Bangura I would like to start by thanking Alhaji, Junior, Adama, Daddy and the rest of the Bangura family for organising this memorial and birthday celebration event. I’m... Read more

An African Tribute to Harry Belafonte

Posted By: adminon: April 26, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Calypso, Freetown, Gramophone, Krio, MandelaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura In this short but sharp piece, Dr Yusuf Bangura domesticates the person, artistry and death of Harry Belafonte whose civil rights agitation excited Nelson Mandela, amongst o... Read more

Urban Riots Across Sierra Leone Trigger Fears of a West African Spring (Or Is It Summer?)

Posted By: adminon: August 11, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Arab Spring, Freetown, GWOT, NIGERIA, Sierra Leone, ‘African condition’No CommentsViews:

Urban riots which kicked off peacefully last Monday have reached violent crescendo as for the government to clamp curfew on the country. Curfew is now running from 7 pm to 7 am unlike when i... Read more