Sierra Leone

Children at play in Makeni

(NOT) travelling light . . . bush taxis plying the road between Guinea and Sierra Leone

The late Amos Kamara, chief of London Village in Kono District and Master Farmer too.

Giewumba Village, Kenema District, separating coffee beans from husks

Jebbeh Swaray, Giewumba Village, basket-maker extraordinaire

In Sandeyah, Philip and Aminata Amadu enjoy being back home after many years in exile after the war in Freetown

Cocoa pods in Sandeyah, Kailahun District, used for making black soap

Sandeyah, Kailahun District, village tailor displays his workmanship

Poda Poda

Almamy Mansaray, a master palm wine (poyo) tapper in Tuyama, Kailahun District Limbas are the experts


Jam Delicious Dishes . . . come together and eat!

Rainy season road from Pendembu to Kailahun can be impassable

Bassaleh, Pujehun District, a village that struggled to prevent Socfin Agricultural Company from taking their rich farmland for oil palm plantations

The magnificent Number Two Beach near Freetown

Sierra Leonean children donned Obama t-shirts without knowing who he was

Agro-biodiversity in a small roadside market, where now Addax Bioenergy is estabishing massive sugarcane plantations that will erode the farm and food diversity.

Greetings from children in Jagbwema, near Koidu in Kono District

The rains play havoc with the road from Kailahun to Pendembu, making it very difficult for farmers to get produce to market

The UN helicopter takes off from Kailahun