8
May, 2008
Abu Bakarr S. Tarawally, Freetown
Culture
and the Beauty of Africa
The ornament to beauty in Africa is described as culture and tradition. To the
extent that African civilisation is envisaged through culture and tradition. The historic past left out legacies of cultural
lineage that is being inherited through the generations. (Read more ...)
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2 May, 2008
Adeyemi Paul, USA
Give Yourself Credit for Doing Well
I know that people often say, self-credit or self praise is no recommendation but I think the world can be a pretty harsh
place if people can be critical or unappreciative of what we do or how hard we try to do them. Even worse, however, is when we are our own
harshest critics. (Read more ...)
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2
May, 2008
Zainu Bassie, Freetown
Recalling Kabbah's Handing Over
Report to Ernest Koroma-Part 1
When former President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was leaving the political stage after eleven
years of governing, he issued a statement which he asked to be referred to as his handing over report to President Ernest
Bai Koroma. The
report dealt with the achievements of his SLPP government and what Ernest Koroma was inheriting. (Read more ...)
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29 April, 2008
Adeyemi Paul
Measuring the Heart Beats
Yesterday I was sad. My office staff and a lot of my friends and close relatives were a little
apprehensive. "What is the matter with
you?", "It is like something is not right,” "I've never seen Adeyemi in this mood," were some
of the questions concerns raised. Actually, something wasn't right with me at all, but I was being reluctant to express
the hidden pain that was tearing my heart apart. (Read more ...)
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12 April, 2008
Melran C. Nicol-Wilson, Barrister and Solicitor Lawyers
Centre for Legal Assistance (LA WCLA)
Addressing Female
Genital Mutilation without Human Rights: My Experience
Female
genital mutilation (FGM) is normally considered by Human Rights Activists an act of violence against women and girls and a
Human Rights violation. But it is also a cultural tradition, deeply rooted in religious and social convictions, and ensures
marriage prospects for girls and young women. (Read more ...)
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7
April, 2008
Abu -Bakarr S. Tarawally
Press Freedom and the Litigation of Libel Laws
There is an ongoing battle in Sierra Leone for the litigation of the criminal
libel laws of 1965 Public Order Act in the Constitution. For a very long time politicians have been using this section of
the law that is viewed by many as repressive and being used to silence the press. (Read more ...)
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28
March, 2008
Sierra Express, Freetown
Exclusive interview with
Calendar
Daniel Johnson Hapawa, popularly known as Mr. Calendar, has for the past 19
years been showing the date to the people of Freetown in his own style. Hapawa is a laborer at the King
Jimmy area in central Freetown. He believes people always forget the date and he must help in reminding
them. (Read more ...)
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26
March, 2008
Umaru Sitta Turay, Freetown
My Experience with my Demonic Minister Friend
I am Umaru Sitta Turay. That name can not be changed by any other person now;
not even my parents. I am the only person that has the right to change my name. I just want to emphasize that, it is only
me that has the right to choose what I want. There is no human being on this earth that can force me to do things I do not
want to do. There are some friends though, that will want to force their ideology on others. Lack of understanding and proper
education lead these kinds of people to start thinking domineering. (Read more ...)
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29 February, 2008
Abu-Bakarr Sulaiman Tarawally,
Freetown
Islam and Women’s
Role in Society
There are lots of sentiments meting on women regarding their gender in
recent times. Lots of advocacy is being mounted to tackle the discretional role of women in the development of society. To
some extent in the culture of some Asian sects before the advent of Islam used to despise women. (Read more ...)
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12 February 2008
Abu Bakarr S. Tatawally, Freetown
The
Growing Fortune of Time
“Never take the guarantee of time in using an opportunity because
it takes just a rotation for a change of system,” the fact of this saying is just as true today. While at the same time
one should say hey when it is shining and that every purpose is a reality of the philosophy that man does not need to be wasteful.
(Read more ...)
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12 February 2008 Salmatta Salaam-Coker, Freetown
Female Genital
Mutilation to be Addressed
Traditional and cultural practices affect the health and lives of women around the world. Women and
girls suffer the harmful and life-threatening effects of traditional and cultural practices that continue under the guise
of cultural and social conformism and religious beliefs. One such practice is Female Genital Mutilation (Read more ...)
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