Sierra Leone News News Sierra Leone » Culture: Meet Kadiatu Kamara: The Only Woman Surfing in Sierra Leone Helping To Change Surf Culture in West Africa
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kadiatu "KK" Kamara, Sierra Leone's Only Female Surfer Kadiatu “KK” Kamara is Sierra Leone’s only female surfer. She is ranked as ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Sierra Leone, on World Tourism Day, Showcases Culture, Cuisine, and Pride
Sierra Leone is an emerging tourist destination known for its stunning beaches, rich culture, and vibrant history, offering a unique experience for travelers. Tourism Day today turned into more than ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Sierra Leone's Unity Boat Race showcases coastal culture, identity and community spirit
A competition for coastal communities. A boat race in Sierra Leone reveals how residents are balancing survival, climate pressure, and the promise of tourism. The atmostphere at the weekend event was ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Sierra Leone: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
We write in advance of the 74th pre-session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“the Committee”). We hope this submission will inform the Committee’s preparation of its list of ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Sierra Leone: How Sierra Leone's Traditional Textiles Are Weaving a Modern Fashion Economy
Sierra Leone’s traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local industry ready for global ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: SocketWorks to promote e-culture in Sierra Leone
The Sierra Leonean arm of SocketWorks Global is working to establish an e-culture in the country, said SocketWorks CEO Patrick Taylor. “What we are doing in Sierra Leone is to introduce the e-culture ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: One Week in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is not your usual travel destination—at least not yet. The country has endured a fair degree of setbacks, from its role at the heart of the transatlantic slave trade, Ebola outbreaks, and ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Meet Frances Tiafoe’s parents, Alphina and Frances Tiafoe Sr.
Frances Tiafoe’s parents immigrated to the U.S. from Sierra Leone before he was born ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: Krio heritage rich but crumbling in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Scarred by war and worn by time, the tumbledown wooden houses which dot Freetown are a vestige of the Krios, descendants of freed slaves who once made Sierra Leone a beacon of ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: The country cloth culture in Sierra Leone / C. Magbaily Fyle and Arthur Abraham
Critique of writings by Martin H.Y. Kaniki on the subject of Mende country cloth. A rejoinder to this critique was subsequently published by Martin H.Y. Kaniki: "The country cloth culture in Sierra ...
News Sierra Leone » Culture: A roadmap for Sierra Leone’s first site to be proposed for UNESCO’s World Heritage List
In January 2005, Sierra Leone became a State party to the 1972 Convention and identified, in 2012, in its first Tentative List the sites that could potentially be proposed for inscription on UNESCO’s ...