‘LAFF OVERDOSE’ WITH OGA WORWOR – #BEHAVE EDITION AT FAMILY KINGDOM
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura One towering figure you can’t skip mentioning in contemporary Sierra Leone ‘Stand-Up Comedy’ is Oga Worwor, an outstanding jester, a professional rib cracker. He roasts everyone …
ECOFEST RETURNS TO FREETOWN WITH A BROADER AFRICAN CONCEPT
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura The 3rd edition of the Festival of ECOWAS Nations (ECOFEST) returns to the Siaka Stevens Stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone on the 30th November 2019 with …
Sierra Leone Football: What’s in the future?
After a successful Premier League season, the Sierra Leone national football team (Leone Stars) crashed out in the preliminaries of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Liberia in …
Empire Arts Institute (EAI) Empowering Young Sierra Leoneans
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura One of the best things that has happened to the arts and creative industries of Sierra Leone is the introduction and establishment of a higher learning …
PUPA BAJAH BREAKS SILENCE ON RECENT FACEBOOK SPECULATIONS
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura One key topic that abuzzed the social media in the past weeks is the health speculation of one Sierra Leone’s music vet and icon, Sama Pupa …
Sierra Leonean Pop Star – MOS B jets in Freetown
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura After making inroads in Europe, one of the country’s best pop star, guitarist and performer has arrived in Freetown from Paris, France on a family visit …
DJ Kallox grabs the 2019 SLAAM award
By Ibrahim Sorious Samura The country’s most decorated Disk Jockey – Ibrahim Kalokoh popularly known as DJ Kallox, who is also a founding member, past President and the current General …
Sierra Leone Ebola Film ‘SURVIVORS’ gets an EMMY nomination
Freetown | 30th July, 2019 Ibrahim Sorious Samura A Sierra Leone Ebola documentary film ‘Survivors’ has earned an Emmy Awards nomination for ‘Outstanding Social Issue Documentary’ 2019. The National Academy …
S. E ROGIE – HIGHLIFE AND PALM WINE GUITARIST AND SINGER
E Rogie was a popular singer, guitarist and founder of The Morningstar band from Sierra Leone. Sooliman Ernest Rogers was born in 1926 in the town of Fonikoh, Pujehun District …
DR. OLOH – AFROPOP AND JAZZ MUSIC PIONEER
Sierra Leone king of afropop and jazz music, Dr. Oloh was born on the 20th March 1944 in Freetown to a Nigerian mother and a Creole father. Israel Olorunfeh Cole …