The recent United Nations General Assembly resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity has laid bare a historical fault line that has never truly been resolved. The voting pattern—opposition from the United States, Israel, and Argentina, and abstention from much of Europe—reveals not hesitation, but implication. These are not neutral actors; they are beneficiaries, direct or …
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Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly did something long overdue. By a vote of 123 in…
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The case of Fatmata Kamara is not an isolated injustice; it is the system working exactly…
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Provincializing “Athens”: Fourah Bay College and the Burden of Coloniality
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeThe description of Fourah Bay College (FBC) as the “Athens of West Africa” has long been…
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On Friday morning, as Sierra Leone marked Eid al-Fitr, I watched what I have watched every…
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Earlier this month, my country celebrated its 69th Independence Day. In my address to the nation,…
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Book Review Governing a Poor Country: Perspectives from a Former Chief Minister of Sierra Leone
by Sierraeyeby SierraeyeBook Review Governing a Poor Country: Perspectives from a Former Chief Minister of Sierra Leone Professor…
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Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.’s passed awayon February 17, 2026, at the age of 84 in…
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Sierra Leone continues to show daily signs of shared religious life through ordinary conduct that brings…
