CULTURE: LITERATURE The literature reflects the composite social and ethnic reality of the country. In fact, it is necessary to distinguish a literary production in English, by the bourgeois elites, descendants of former liberated American slaves, and a popular, indigenous literature in African languages. The latter had already had their […]

In 2002, Sierra Leone was a country slowly recovering from a decade of civil war. The conflict had devastated the country, leaving much of its infrastructure and economy in ruins. The population of almost 5 million people was struggling to rebuild their lives and livelihoods. The government was working to […]