Over the years, Sierra Leone’s reputation has been dictated by the sad events of its past: First civil war, then Ebola. Earlier this year, that changed with the organization of the first Freetown ...
It’s a question worth pondering at a truck stop outside Omaha: More than a decade after embarking on the documentary, “Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars,” did co-director Zach Niles have any idea he’d ...
They had next to nothing, but came to realize that they still had music. After fleeing the bloody civil war in their homeland of Sierra Leone, Reuben Koroma and his wife, Grace, found themselves in a ...
Nestled in a grove of tall trees behind one of Freetown’s busiest intersections, the house feels like a sanctuary. Young men and women dot the yard carrying cameras, notebooks or guitars, and inside, ...
Reporting from Freetown, Sierra Leone — Everywhere he went in Freetown’s ghettos, a dreadlocked young vocalist named Innocent heard the plea. People were fed up with lies, theft and corruption. This ...
In 1997 the violent civil war in Sierra Leone forced musician Ruben Koroma and his wife Grace to flee their home for refuge in the neighboring country of Guinea. Feeling distraught with their life in ...
Growing up in Milwaukee in the ‘80s, Sierra Leonean-American DJ, producer, and writer Boima Tucker discovered the music of his father’s continent during lively New Year’s Eve parties his parents threw ...
Over the years, Sierra Leone’s reputation has been dictated by the sad events of its past: First civil war, then Ebola. Earlier this year, that changed with the organization of the first Freetown ...
on 2 April 2014 the Refugee All Stars, a group formed by refugees from Sierra Leone, were at the United Nations Headquarters to take part in the United Nations Academic Impact's conversation series, ...
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