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Each of the panelists called for improvements in the Sierra Leonean education system...
...Irish word, which former Sierra Leonean Foreign Minister John Karefa-Smart defined as “big stick” at a panel discussion on Sierra Leone in Sever Hall Saturday, refers to a problem-solving tactic. Find the cause of the problem, and hit it with a “shillelagh...
Washington, who discovered his genetic link to the Mende people of Sierra Leone and will earn his Sierra Leonean citizenship next month, extended this idea to all African Americans. He said he urges African American celebrities to take up the cause, as well...
...these students may not come to Harvard intending to act as representatives of their countries, they often find themselves in the position of educators. Near the end of last semester, Sengeh founded the Harvard College Sierra Leone Initiative (HCSLI) for the purpose of educating and increasing awareness of Sierra Leonean issues on campus. In April, Sengeh says that he plans to hold a panel discussion with key players involved in Sierra Leone’s independence and development. Harvard students are not the only ones benefitting from HCSLI, whose Web site references the greater possibility of cultural exchange...
...Association Traveling Film Festival. The films, chosen from around 400 submissions last October, deal with present-day issues around the world—from civil war in Colombia and the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to an HIV-positive orphan in China and a group of Sierra Leonean refugee musicians. The opening screening will take place at the Kennedy School of Government. The subsequent 14 films, grouped into six thematic sessions, will play at the Brattle Theatre this weekend. Seven of the filmmakers will attend their screenings and answer questions about their work. The festival—presented...