Sierra Leone Forum

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

It is very important for AFRICA are WE going back or moving forward with YOUNG Female!

According to REUTERS
"Across the continent, rates of female genital mutilation are dropping among children, Research shows that the ritual practice, linked to significant health complications, has dramatically decline over the past 20 years for children under 14. East African countries had the biggest drop, from a rate of 71 percent in 1995 to 8 percent in 2016; West and North Africa are not far behind. The decline has been attributed to continuing campaign against the practice, though researchers say the work isn't over: Many teens and young adults are still at risk".

With my critique on the above article let us go back during the ages of MADAM YOKO whom I think are one of the main people who created such an episode for young girl in Africa, Do they have a reason for that maybe, do the reasons help young girls from abstain or distain from what our ancestors outline after these young continue to grow to an adult for the reason of what our ancestors proclaim after these young girls grown up. The article did not give more details about what the effect of these young genital mutilation.

Sunday, April 8, 2018

INTERVIEW QUESTION
If you could interview any living or dead whom would you interview and why? (What would you ask)?

This interview question reminds me of two people I consider to have the greater impact, one in my native country Sierra Leone Sir Milton Margai and the other in the United States of America Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I would interview Sir Milton Margai or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. why, because I consider both to have a greater impact in the world history today, I would ask Sir Milton Margai how did he became the first medical doctor in the country after graduated from a medical college in London. He came back home to practice medicine, this help a lot of people get medical attention from someone they can really understand and speak the same native language.

Secondly, Sir Milton Margai was also the first African black native man to participated in the legislative body of Government during the rule of Britain, he use the opportunity to push for independence from the British rule, his efforts were so strong that he succeeded in leading the local delegation to Britain for independence conference. Independence was finally attained in 1961 and he became the country first prime minister in Sierra Leone, a position he held for three years until his death in 1964. His death lift a lot of history in Sierra Leone up till date, nobody else like him even though young Sierra Leoneans who are politician trying to copy from his past political aspect of life.

I would also interview and ask Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. how did he worked hard to change laws that were unfair to black people, there used to be a law that said black people must sit at the back of the buses, king wanted to change this law, but he wanted to do it peacefully, without any fighting. He and many other people decided not to ride the buses until black people were allowed to sit in any part of the buses. Dr. King’s plan worked, and the law was change. He participated in the civil right movement, as a result he became a noble prize winner. He was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize, he made it possible for African Americans to hold important positions as a result of many struggles and sacrifices, of those who are now the older generation. He led state legislatures, served on corporate boards, and helped to shape policies throughout the country. None of that would have been possible without the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King once said “If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love future historians will say, there live a great people.” A black people who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization. This is our challenge and our over whiling responsibility, the position of Dr. Martin Luther King as a pastor, his wife standing by his side and virtues the people of America made him a winner.

In conclusion I would interview both Sir Milton Margai and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of whom I consider to have the greater impact in the world history. Sir Milton Margai the first prime minister in my native country Sierra Leone, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr worked hard to change the laws that unfair to black people and as a Nobel Prize winner, also participated in the civil rights movement.

Sunday, March 18, 2018

TRIBALISM IT'S ALWAYS WORTH REMEMBERING

TRIBALISM IT'S ALWAYS WORTH REMEMBERING

We are witnessing a new wave of reversion to Tribalism around the Country of Sierra Leone. The same pattern can be seen even in the western World, especially the US polities. But let’s take a step back, between the 18^th and 20^th centuries, before the rise of Nation-States; the world was most tribal, and Tribes were united by Language Religion, Blood and Belief.

The past 250 to 300 years the belief of Nationhood took basic root around the world and members of the tribes stated to viewing themselves as single people with patriotic sentiment and duties towards their Homeland. This is true, even though from time to time, most people wondered what it must be like to live in a truly tribal society, but yet let us don’t go back to those parts of controversial issues of tribalism. For example as NYMAG.com mention online “the same has happened in a developed Democratic Society Northern Ireland and in one of the most successful Countries in Africa Kenya. Tribal Loyalties turned Beirut, Lebanon’s beautiful cosmopolitan Capital, turn into an urban wasteland in the 1970s. They caused close to a million deaths in a few months in Rwanda in the 1990s” turn to Ethnic Cleansing. How on earth the two political parties is moving to such abominable idea. To all Sierra Leonean abroad and in the country get curious about how, the collective mind of bad connotation of Tribal war can become diminished if re-examine the past and change our attitude

References

www.nymag.com

Monday, June 1, 2015

HASTH TAG # DO Sierra Leone Moving in the Wrong Direction

Many international observers, academics and researchers will say that Sierra Leone like many countries has a positive future ahead of itself. In some distant timeline, that may be true. However, not all of those individuals are from Sierra Leone. I happen to be born and raised in Sierra Leone. I have heard countless stories about Sierra Leone moving forward after the nine year long civil war. Innumerable newspapers, international affairs journals, online and offline forums assert that Sierra Leone is now moving in the right direction. I am here to voice my opinion and explain that I wholeheartedly disagree. Next, it is imperative and quite important to emphasize that from my subjective, worldview and perspective of having been born and raised in Sierra Leone, despite what some experts may think, Sierra Leone is moving in the completely and absolutely wrong direction. I ‘m trying to be modest in this article again just expressed my connotation, because one reason for optimism I believe is connectivity.

On the subject of Sierra Leone, let's compare and contrast with South Africa for a moment. South Africa currently has one of the worst racial tension situations in the world even after 400 years of slavery in the U.S. Xenophobia runs rampant among many different hardline racists who are against other races of humans, still even to this day in the twenty-first century. The situation undermines an otherwise multilateral coalition that now, in hindsight seems to have been not just optimistic, but incredibly fragile. We cannot accepts military and rebel attacks against our African citizenry that amount to anarchy. Anarchy is completely unacceptable and there is absolutely no reason for war after there have been so many wars throughout history. The International Criminal Court (ICC) needs to get serious as does the United Nations as a whole and proactively pursue not just war criminals, but aggressively pursue rebels, terrorists and anyone who seeks to pre-emptively assault the larger population of humans throughout the continent of Africa and elsewhere overseas in America, Europe and Asia, and on all continents. Peace is the only way, but it can only come by way of a combination of military might, responsible law enforcement and diplomacy.

Back in December of 2014, Foreign Policy Magazine stated that the Ebola situation in Sierra Leone was "spiraling out of control." Aside from that, a quick Google search of Sierra Leone returns Fashion Blogging, so one can infer that even during an "epidemic" as the preceding news journal pointed out, fashion, business, commerce and industry in Sierra Leone seem to be moving forward. Turning now to the word of politics, when one begins researching current events in Sierra Leone, it seems likely that one will happen upon news regarding "corruption" as the Economist points to and going back to the year 2009. But is Sierra Leone still plagued with corruption? It may or may not be depending on who you ask and the source of information. It has been stated, given Sierra Leone's country profile, that after the 9 year civil war on which the movie Blood Diamond was based, the country stabilized in part. So the question becomes, how stable is Sierra Leone currently and what is currently trending in the country from a social media aspect? It seems that a lot of social issues that have stigmatized part of Sierra Leone's image in the past, source back to the 1990s and earlier, but not so much after other than Ebola and politics as usual that would be true of any country. Therefore and again, what is fact new in Sierra Leone since the country has tried to move past the civil war and seems to be doing well having done so. It has to be more than just fashion, however some question whether Sierra Leone's economy can even survive Ebola as evinced in CNN's article, titled, "Can Sierra Leone's economy survive Ebola?" which was updated Tue Sept. 14, 2014, and which was just a few short months ago as of the time of this writing. It is doubtful that Sierra Leone will collapse on any military level as Yemen has been experiencing. It would seem that at some time soon, Sierra Leone's Ebola issues will begin to subside and dissipate, but is this just wishful thinking? It is not likely simple wishful thinking. It takes more than Ebola to destroy a country entirely and Sierra Leone having survived an all out civil war seems far from destroyed even with Ebola. Progress is being made. Something positive is being done and other countries have come to help aid Sierra Leone during the countries current health crisis.

The World Bank talks about the "Socio-Economic Impact of Ebola in Sierra Leone" in an article with that exact title, whereby another search query shows that Sierra Leone has slightly more than six million citizens. According to the preceding World Bank article, the percentage of the overall six million people is "small." Though according to the same source, there have been "3,800 deaths" with "12,000" reported cases, as sad and tragic as that is and can be, it certainly is nowhere close to even 100,000 individuals and not even anywhere close to six million people. With rapid advances in medical technology and a focus by the international world community, it is almost an absolutely certainty that Sierra Leone's Ebola issues will be solved at some point and the situation will begin to improve. In the meantime, comedies are being produced, movies are being made, fashion is being blogged about and future generations are being schooled just as any nation in the West and the East. Lastly, Sierra Leone does rank pretty high (and not in a good way) on the list of countries, ("119 out of 175" to be exact according to Concord Time/AllAfrica.com) known for corruption and Sierra Leone certainly needs to lower that number, but as is invariably the case in terms of countries in general and their growth, Sierra Leone like any country will continue to grow and prosper over time. From the World Facebook, the CIA states that Sierra Leone began with the establishment of a colony in 1787 and later gained independence in 1961. Sierra Leone has been around for a very long time (over 200 hundred years if you count from when it was first a colony until now) and won't be disappearing any time soon if ever at all, and even though it won't be disappearing any time soon, the country is not heading in the right direction as many believe. That's coming from someone who was born and raised in Sierra Leone and who was educated in the west.

References

Ebola "epidemic"

http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/12/10/sierra-leones-ebola-epidemic-is-spiraling-out-of-control/

"Fashion Blogger"

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/interviews/a31697/i-launched-a-fashion-blog-in-sierra-leone-and-now-im-documenting-ebola/

"A mortal enemy"

http://www.economist.com/node/14920076

Can Sierra Leone's economy survive Ebola?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/16/opinion/can-sierra-leones-economy-survive-ebola/

http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/publication/socio-economic-impacts-ebola-Sierra- Leone

The Socio-Economic Impact of Ebola in Sierra Leone" Sierra Leone corruption

http://allafrica.com/stories/201312061597.html

CIA Sierra Leone World Facebook

http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sl.html

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Ebola Update from New York Times discussing the "worsening" situation

Let's talk about this terrible situation ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/world/africa/ebola-epidemic-sierra-leone-quarantine.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Thank you to all who supported our family during the time of my brother's ill health

To Whom It May Concern,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL LIKE TO THANK EVERY ONE WHO ASSISTED AND GAVE SOME SUPPORT THE KARGBO FAMILY DURING OUR DIFFICULT TIME WHEN MY BROTHER ALHAJI MOHAMED JOSEPH KARGBO HAD BEEN IN COMA FOR 16 AND 1/2 MONTHS, WHO DIED ON JULY 03, 2013. THE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT SUD FRIEDHOF CHAPEL WIESBADEN, GERMANY ON TUESDAY JULY16, 2013. OFFICIATING CLERGY PASTOR MASON SMITH, KIMBERLY SPEED AND CONGREGATION. THE LATE FATHER OF CHILDREN JOSSIAN KARGBO AND JANELY KARGBO JOINED THEIR LOVELY MOTHER MADAM SALIMATU KARGBO IN GERMANY. ONCE AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE FOR THE CHILDREN TO SEE THEIR LATE FATHER GRAVESIDE IN WIESBADEN, GERMANY.

Moroni Kargbo

Friday, September 28, 2012

PLEASE JUST READ DO NOT RESPOND

(28 Sept 2012)

Please just Read do not respond

Please help my brother, Alhaji Kargbo, who has been in a coma for 8 months, experience the closeness again of his two daughters before he passes away. His two daughters have not seen their father in more than 15 years, and the last time they saw him was when they younger and less than five years old. His two daughters are now well into their twenties and both college students. Doctor Grussner, who is the doctor for my brother Alhaji Kargbo, has for the official medical record, determined that my brother initially suffered from a stroke and a brain aneurysm, which resulted in my brother's loss of his ability to speak, eat, see, hear and feel. He is paralyzed from the head down and sadly, Doctor Grussner believes that a recovery is very unlikely, in other words, terminal. Doctor Grussner also believes that at most, Alhaji has roughly 6 months to a year remaining in which to live, unless by chance, luck, or an act of God, something changes for the better. We all pray for him, ask for your prayers and would like for anyone who has the financial means to please help us raise enough money for Alhaji's two daughters to purchase plane tickets from Sierra Leone to Germany so that they can see their father one last time. We will be very grateful with respect to any contribution, no matter how small.