Make Sierra Leone Famous
By Vickie Remoe
Make Sierra Leone FamousAug 17, 2022
From Cry Freetown to Sing Freetown
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with two of Sierra Leone’s most celebrated storytellers; award-winning playwright and founder of Freetong Players Charlie Haffner, and Emmy, BAFTA, and Peabody-winning journalist Sorious Samura.
Show Notes
Listen to Doniie Major’s Freetown City: https://bit.ly/3PaVtHB
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
The Diary Of Alima: A Storyteller’s Journey To The Movies
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with actress, producer, and founder of Lema’s Diary Production Company. The film producer uses her craft to make social commentary about issues affecting Sierra Leone’s women. Her latest film “Profit Point” set in the slums of Freetown is about the struggles of women trapped by poverty and sexual exploitation. Profit Point had its London Premiere at the Young Sierra Leonean Kip Kompin Cinema.
Show Notes
Listen to Kaley Bag’s Di Sai Wae Ar Komot: https://spoti.fi/3oL72KW
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
Healing Sierra Leone's Soul With Plays And Poems
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Sierra Leonean poet, playwright, and author Oumar Farouk Sesay, Oumar talks and shares insights from his four-decade-long career as a writer and creative. His latest play “The Throne” challenges audiences to question their beliefs on identity, homosexuality, and tradition.
Show Notes
Listen to Daddy Saj’s Che Che: https://bit.ly/3Bc2xQY
Follow the Mane Chronicles: https://bit.ly/3Rq6AyV
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
Tarah Majeek’s Startup Natural Hair Brand Grows In Sierra Leone
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Tarah Majeek, Entrepreneur and founder of self-care and wellness brand “Mane Chronicles''. They discuss branding, startups, and tips to transform a hobby into an enterprise.
Show Notes
Listen to TMA’s No Sense: https://spoti.fi/3c94S4t
Follow the Mane Chronicles: https://bit.ly/3Rq6AyV
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better
From Homeless to Triumph: Meet The Founder Bringing Clean Energy To Sierra Leone’s Kitchen
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Alhaji Siraj Bah, a multiple award-winning green entrepreneur who makes cooking briquettes out of coconuts. Siraj shares his journey from homelessness in Freetown to becoming one of Sierra Leone’s most successful young founders and job creators.
Show Notes
Listen to Drizilik’s Di Mammi Ihn Moni Fo Comot: https://bit.ly/3NLiPCU j
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
Fantasy & Feminism with Namina Forna
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Namina Forna author of the New York Times bestsellers “The Gilded Ones” and the “Merciless Ones”. They discuss representation in fantasy books, girls' rites of passage, books as escapism, and growing up in Sierra Leone.
Show Notes
Listen to Zainab Sheriff’s Mammie Na Power: https://bit.ly/2Z6Vyrj
To buy Namina Forna’s Book: https://naminaforna.com/
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
A Film Industry Grows In Sierra Leone
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Screenwriter and Director Mohamed ’Spartar’ Lansana. Mohamed talks about the growth of Sierra Leonean films, the importance of passing legislation to protect and support the industry, and emerging producers and filmmakers from Sierra Leone everyone should know.
Show Notes
Listen to Famous’s Brighter Future: https://bit.ly/39upgMH
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
The Culinary Ambassador Taking Sierra Leonean Food To The World
Show Notes
Listen to Mattodo’s Fearless: spoti.fi/3mpu8p3
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation bit.ly/3ybDLz5
Rebuilding Sierra Leone’s Art Scene One Exhibit At A Time
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Hawa Jane, Lawyer, Artist, and founder of The Barray Arts Collective. Hawa talks about founding a community for artists in Freetown, opportunities for African art with NFTs, and emerging artists from Sierra Leone that everyone should know.
Show Notes
Listen to Bai Kamara Jr Lady Boss: https://spoti.fi/3NMrd5s
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
Meet The Filmmaker Who Champions Sierra Leone in the UK
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Abu Yillah, poet, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Sierra Leone Arts and Culture Festival (SLACFEST). Abu uses poetry, film, and social media to build community and hold space for Sierra Leoneans in the UK both with online and in-person events.
Show Notes
Listen to Emmerson's Borbor Pain: https://spoti.fi/3LRlz0Q
Watch Run “Short Film”: https://bit.ly/38jfH2E
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
How A Healthy Food Brand Is Growing From Farm To Table in Sierra Leone
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Haja Myers, founder of Estu’s Delight. Her wellness brand makes fresh smoothies, organic honey, and fonio. Haja talks about her entrepreneurial journey, branding, and overcoming supply chain challenges with local farmers. She also shares tips and resources for navigating Sierra Leone’s agribusiness ecosystem.
Show Notes
Listen to Drizilik’s Popular: https://bit.ly/3sDb0re
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
How Drizilik Made It From The Academy To Sierra Leone Music’s Mainstage
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with award winning Sierra Leonean hip hop and afrobeats artist Drizilik, also known as Benjamin M. George. Drizilik shares how he convinced his conservative Krio family to accept his career, language as a tool for authenticity and plans for his upcoming album Ashobi.
Show Notes
Listen to Drizilik’s Popular
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
How Makeda Cole and SLACfest Built England’s Coolest Community For Sierra Leonean Creatives
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Makeda Cole, co-founder of the Sierra Leone Arts and Culture Festival. The British Sierra Leonean curator shares how she came to embrace her Sierra Leonean identity and how she created a platform to connect Sierra Leoneans in the UK through arts, and culture.
Show Notes
Listen to Kaygee ADN Royalty: https://spoti.fi/3LO74M4
Watch the last edition of SLACFest: Beyond Borders; https://bit.ly/39nLcbN
Follow Makeda L. Cole on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3FdwC2H
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu: https://bit.ly/3OV57PF
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique: https://bit.ly/3LJOEvH
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
How Usifu Jalloh Became Sierra Leone’s Cowfoot Prince - Part II
Host Vickie Remoe continues the conversation with Usifu Jalloh; the Sierra Leonean storyteller who took a quarter-century to accept his gifts. In the second half of this conversation, the topic is cultural reclamation for national development. How can culture help Sierra Leoneans solve local problems?
Show Notes
Watch Usifu Jalloh’s The Tortoise and the Princess: https://bit.ly/36SdtGK
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
How Usifu Jalloh Became Sierra Leone's Cowfoot Prince
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Sierra Leone’s master storyteller and award-winning educator Usifu Jalloh. Usifu rejected storytelling as his life’s calling for 25 years until a turning point brought him self-acceptance. He spent decades afraid to accept cultural creativity as his profession because his post-colonial education indoctrination told him there all things African had little value.
Show Notes
Watch Usifu Jalloh’s full performance at the Jazz Cafe in London: https://bit.ly/3vLM4hZ
Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu
Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique
To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5
The History of Bunce Island: Rice, Slavery, and the Sierra Leone-American Connection
Sixty Years of Independence with Mr. Sierra Leone
We’re talking about Ade’s life and work, building community for and with Sierra Leoneans in the UK diaspora. I first talked to Ade on our October 29th episode about April 27 1961, and the early years after Independence when under the leadership of Sir Milton Margai, Sierra Leoneans believed excellence and greatness was within reach.
This time we talk about corruption and state decay in the 80s , and their impact on a generation who had dreamt of returning home from the diaspora.
We also talk about Ade’s life as a British civil servant and the things he learned being within earshot of retired British colonial officers on how they stole diamonds from Sierra Leone. We talk about neocolonialism and Sierra Leone’s continued courtship with foreign powers that exert influence over the nation’s leaders.
We talk about the war years, identity national pride, and what makes us optimistic about the future of Sierra Leone
To listen to 'Sweet Salone' by Lady Felicia: bit.ly/3gD6l3l
For more information on the work Ade Daramy does:https://bit.ly/3azWqYy
Who Is Who? Sierra Leoneans Who Shaped History
Masculinity & Male Identity in Sierra Leone
For the Sierra Leonean man ready to accept that their father and male relations normalized violence and force against women this Make Sierra Leone Famous Podcast episode is a good place to start.
To listen to "Siahuna Maraidee" by Amie Kallon: bit.ly/3pyPu2S
For more on Sierra Leone Foundation for New Democracy: bit.ly/3pLEW0F
Sierra Leone’s Civil War - A Center For Memory to Honor Our Trauma Forever
How Sierra Leone invented the world’s first self-adhesive stamp and Other Independence Years Stories
Born five years before Sierra Leone gained Independence, Daramy shares his childhood memories going back to a time when Sierra Leoneans believed they could do anything under the leadership of the First Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai. It was Sir Milton who one day asked his cabinet why there were no stamps that one did not have to lick with that the country would invent the first self-adhesive stamp before the US and the UK.
From a place of innovation and possibility (a Wakanda) in the 60s, Daramy takes us through his personal experience of the first coup d’etat, the troubling signs that led up to Siaka Stevens tightened grip on power and the making of Sierra Leone into a one-party state.
Note: This is a Part 1 of a two-part conversation about with Ade Daramy
To listen 'Di World Don Lef Na Wi Han' by The Kabba Brothers: bit.ly/3owHjo2
For more on Sierra Leone's self-adhesive stamp: bit.ly/2HI5mzF
For more on Sir Milton Margai: bit.ly/3ejDsGt
Fambul Tok for Girls
The average pass rate for National Primary School Exams in the Southern Province is 65% but in Save The Children's Accelerated Education Program in Pujehun 91% of students pass. In this community radio program in Pujehun, Vickie Remoe is in conversatin with the parents of the three girls who scored highest in NPSE 2020 in Gbundapi.
If parents in at the last mile in Gbundapi, can prepare girls for excellence in education so can we!
Wi g3t fo luk to wi s3f fo mek wi go ebul safkip wi gyal Pikin d3m. Safkip Gal Pikin fo Tumara en Salone im B3t3 wan.
Host: Vickie Remoe, Girl Ambassador, Save The Children Sierra Leone
The Untold Story Of The Mandingos Who Became Temne Chiefs In Port Loko
Slavery, Rebellion & Religion: Freetown's Maroons from Jamaica to Sierra Leone
For more information on St. John's Maroon Church: bit.ly/3fmoApy
To listen to Doniie Major's "Freetown City" : bit.ly/2BWQ2MS