Mustapha Kamara
“…The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably ……. peacefully… We were amused at his foolishness… he has put a knife on the things that held us together and now we have fallen apart”
Ebola Making West Africa Brueghel’s Hell
By Lans Gberie
The impulse to regard infectious diseases that cause sudden deaths as forbidding mysteries that befall only the despised ‘other’ is an ancient one. The Hebrew authors of the Old Testament did not evoke mystery when they happily narrated how, responding to the wish of their necromantic leader Moses, God inflicted 10 plagues on the ancient Egyptians who were holding their ancestors captive. But they were less certain about a latter plague which befell their mortal (and far superior) enemies, the Philistines.
Law in the Time of Ebola in Sierra Leone
By Chris Randall
The Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone is having a far and much wider impact than just the lives that are being lost to it. Following is an article by Chris Randall, a law student from Berkley University, who volunteered with AdvocAid in their office in the eastern district of Kono on how women and girls are struggling to have access to justice made worse by the Ebola outbreak.
Fault lines in Ebola prevention in Sierra Leone
By Ezekiel Nabieu
The fight against the riddance of Ebola can only be described as overwhelming. Make no mistake, it cannot be won on sentimental, regional or tribal basis as it seems. It has the potential to unseat any government. It can be God-sent to remove some deification of our leaders and bad governance at many levels. The flood tide is over for now and we are now in an awkward and ebbing time.
Teaching of old, teaching today in Sierra Leone
By Joseph Lamin Kamara
It is palpably clear that many changes have occurred in the teaching profession in 21st Century Sierra Leone. Long before now, say from the ‘60s right up to the turn of the millennium, teaching was like any other profession – law, medicine, etc. Being a teacher then required a considerable amount of experience, maturity in age, and technical training.
Ebola can bowl out a government
By Ezekiel Nabieu
It's true. I hope the innuendo is well taken. More than one country has been attacked or stricken by the deadly virus and it could be any one of them that could be bowled out or caught by Leg Before Wicket (LBW).
Sierra Leone female journalist explains 24-hour experience behind bars
By Aminata Phidelia Allie
As a journalist, I always expected to go to prison someday. What I never thought about was that it would happen so early in my career. On Friday, August 8, I was on my way to the military court martial at Cockerill in Freetown when a friend, through a text message, pleaded with me to stay away “for your own safety”.
