As the Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education and Human Capital Development Plus gather on March 30–31, 2026 at the New Brookfields Hotel for the English Language Conference, one truth hangs heavy over the room. English is not working as the sole medium of instruction for most of our children. The 2025 WASSCE results laid it bare. Only 11.77% …
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From Hawkins to Freetown: Slavery, Empire, and the Case For Reparative Justice in Sierra Leone
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeThe recent United Nations General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against…
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Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly did something long overdue. By a vote of 123 in…
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The case of Fatmata Kamara is not an isolated injustice; it is the system working exactly…
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Provincializing “Athens”: Fourah Bay College and the Burden of Coloniality
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeThe description of Fourah Bay College (FBC) as the “Athens of West Africa” has long been…
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On Friday morning, as Sierra Leone marked Eid al-Fitr, I watched what I have watched every…
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Earlier this month, my country celebrated its 69th Independence Day. In my address to the nation,…
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Book Review Governing a Poor Country: Perspectives from a Former Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeBook Review Governing a Poor Country: Perspectives from a Former Chief Minister of Sierra Leone Professor…
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Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.’s passed awayon February 17, 2026, at the age of 84 in…
