From A Colonial Hill Town To Idris Elba's Island Masterplan, What Can Two Sierra Leone Developments A Century Apart Tell Us About Urban Elitism?
Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, is celebrated as a city founded to resettle freed slaves in the 1790s. Over the following ...
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'We fall and we rise': Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his ...
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan: what do these Sierra Leone developments tell us about urban elites?
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the ...
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Some colleges are offering to admit students before they even apply
Amid concerns about the complexity and stress of college admissions, some schools are flipping the script by offering to admit students who haven't even applied. It's called direct admissions.
Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution
In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could ...
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Gyakie wows fans in Sierra Leone as she performs her hit songs at Ecofest 2024
Award-winning Ghanaian musician Jackline Acheampong popularly called Gyakie has been named among the top performers at the ...
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Sierra Leone Student Tackles Toxic Air Pollution
Like in much of West Africa, lengthy traffic jams in Sierra Leone's major cities and poorly ... for commercial riders and we have trained 60 university students from the mechanical engineering ...
Artist, actor Kineh N’Gaojia pays homage to family, Sierra Leone through music
Kineh N’Gaojia is a man of many talents, and after his service in the military, N’Gaojia is using his gifts to honor his ...
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Perceptions of Sierra Leonean Mango Farmers on the Pest Status and Current Management Practices for the Control of Fruit Fly in Sierra Leone ()
Crop Protection Department, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Njala University, Moyamba, Sierra Leone. In 2006, the interception of mangoes at the borders of the European Union (EU) caused a ...
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Artist, actor Kineh N’Gaojia pays homage to family, Sierra Leone through music
When I got out of the military, I went to college at UNCC in Charlotte ... I took a trip to Sierra Leone, West Africa. That’s where my family’s from back in 2017, and I made a song for ...
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Sierra Leone launches mobile service to expand biometric ID issuance
A mobile biometrics enrollment initiative has been launched in Sierra Leone to facilitate access to national ID services, particularly within the university milieu. The move is part of efforts by the ...