sierra-life&climate

  • Deforestation, Climate Change Endanger Freetown’s Water Supply
    Ade Campbell

    Deforestation, Climate Change Endanger Freetown’s Water Supply

    To combat massive logging and climate change, five million trees are to be planted across Sierra Leone between now and 2024 to benefit the health, water and agriculture sectors among others, officials say. Freetown’s main source of water supply is about 13 miles from the city centre. Called the Mile 13 Peninsula, the Guma Valley […]

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  • How Sierra Leonean Sand Miners Are Challenging the Sea to a Duel
    Ade Campbell

    How Sierra Leonean Sand Miners Are Challenging the Sea to a Duel

    Among the Pidgin English speaking urban communities of West African there is a saying that serves as a warning against exuberant rascality: “trouble dey sleep, nyanga come wake am.” This translates to: “trouble is on a self-elected retreat but pride comes upon it with a provocation.” Along the coastal beaches in Sierra Leone’s Western Area […]

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