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By Simon Akam FREETOWN, May 3 (Reuters) – Scattered across Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown stand ageing wooden houses, some of which look more like they belong on the east coast of 18th… ...
The houses were built by newly freed slaves, who’d travelled to Sierra Leone from the Caribbean, Britain and North America in the late 18th century and many argue that they should be preserved. Krio ...
For years, women in Sierra Leone have been stripped or deprived of property that is rightfully theirs. Recent changes in the law are creating a seismic shift that could create greater equality in ...