The Sierra Leone National Railway Museum was established by Col. Steve Davies MBE, Deputy Commander of the International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT) in Sierra Leone, working in his spare time with a team of fifteen young unemployed Sierra Leoneans.
Together they have transformed a shed of locomotives, abandoned since abolition of the State railway in 1974, into the country’s first railway museum (and second national museum). It includes a coach built for the State Visit of HM The Queen in 1961.
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Tiwai Island added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list
Activist Tommy Garnett’s decades of work paid off when Sierra Leone’s Tiwai Island – a lush forest home to one of the world’s highest concentrations of primates – landed a spot on Sunday on the UN cultural agency’s World Heritage list. The 66-year-old and the conservation group he founded are the reason Tiwai, which was […]
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Introducing Chikadi Huts Resort – Lungi
Chikadi Huts Resort is a small resort in Thorlmosoh, Lungi, about 15 min drive from Targrin, and 10 min from the airport. CHIKADI huts resort offers 15 one-bedroom chalets in a cozy natural african village setting and in a serene and eco-friendly atmosphere. This is a Q&A with the owners of the Resort. 1. What […]
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Q&A with Malaika Cheney-Coker regarding her debut novel – Creature of Air and Still Water
Malaika Cheney-Coker was born in Nigeria and spent her early years there, as well as some time in the Philippines with her maternal relatives. She later moved to Sierra Leone, where she spent the rest of her childhood. In this Q&A, we discuss her Sierra Leonean roots, the themes explored in her book, and her […]
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