Over the years, Sierra Leone’s reputation has been dictated by the sad events of its past: First civil war, then Ebola. Earlier this year, that changed with the organization of the first Freetown ...

For the nine members of Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, music provides a method for healing and a conduit for a message of hope. For nine refugees from Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, music is ...

SIERRA LEONE - Great news in the fight against Ebola in Africa. Over the weekend, Sierra Leone was declared Ebola Free. The country released a video of their celebration. The video is called 'Bye Bye ...

(Cumbancha, CD, digital download) Full disclosure: I'm in a foul mood when I first pop on Libation, the latest record from Sierra Leone's Refugee All... Full disclosure: I’m in a foul mood when I ...

Reporting from Freetown, Sierra Leone — Everywhere he went in Freetown’s ghettos, a dreadlocked young vocalist named Innocent heard the plea. People were fed up with lies, theft and corruption. This ...

It’s a question worth pondering at a truck stop outside Omaha: More than a decade after embarking on the documentary, “Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars,” did co-director Zach Niles have any idea he’d ...

Soul on Ice reports on a visit by UK “emcee and dj of Original Fever on BBC 1Xtra” to Sierra Leone “and dropped a wikid and very heartening documentary on his travels” Global Voices stands out as one ...

Over the years, Sierra Leone’s reputation has been dictated by the sad events of its past: First civil war, then Ebola. Earlier this year, that changed with the organization of the first Freetown ...

on 2 April 2014 the Refugee All Stars, a group formed by refugees from Sierra Leone, were at the United Nations Headquarters to take part in the United Nations Academic Impact's conversation series, ...