By Ezekiel Nabieu

The subject of death and funerals is not a pleasant one though it is inevitable. Immortal readers are well advised not to read this piece. Funerals to appease the living rather than the dead are being eternally carried out in several ways even if the living are obstructed.

By Khadi Mansaray

Five weeks in Sierra Leone left me as curious and hopeful as I arrived. A lot has happened since my last visit in 2009 but there is still no straightforward answer to ‘How is the country doing?’

By Abdul Majeed Sesay

“Too often, the public forgets that the true existence of a firm (corporation) is to make profits before assuming other responsibilities.” (Abdul M. Sesay, Virtue Matrix, Reviewed. 2004)

Mission: The Sierra Leone Corporation (SLC) strives to be firmly united, ever it stands and hopes the hills and the valleys will re-echo its cry in seeking true profits and prosperity in its investor-friendly lovely land corporation that is called Sierra Leone.

By Nathaniel King, Ph.D (Soc. Anth), Max Planck Research Associate

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Sierra Leone is mentioned in local and international discourses as post-war, an acknowledgement that the civil war officially ended in 2002. For the country to be truly post-war and development-focused, though, the right conditions have to be set and sustained.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

We ended the last edition by stating that the hedonistic argument lacks anything in the way of obligation because of the very subjective nature of “enjoyment”.

By Ezekiel Nabieu

Continuing the series let me state that the “first” of the simple life must be a single-willed centering upon God; there is absolutely no room for variation on this point. No one dares to tell anyone else what the simple life has to look like. For he who is against us is on our side.

In the book of Matthew Jesus is still on the theme:

The usually sleepy Malen Chiefdom in the Pujehun District is now teeming with people and bustling with life. It has become a beehive of activities, thanks to the US$ 120 million investment pumped into the chiefdom by the SOCFIN Agricultural Company.