A hopeful song about Sierra Leone
A new film, “Sing Freetown” (director: Clive Patterson) and accompanying theater project from Sorious Samura and Charlie Haffner attempt, with varying success, to sing a different song of Freetown.
2 Articles by:
Ishmael Beah is the Sierra Leonean and American author. His third book, Little Family was recently published on April 28, 2020 by Riverhead Books.
A new film, “Sing Freetown” (director: Clive Patterson) and accompanying theater project from Sorious Samura and Charlie Haffner attempt, with varying success, to sing a different song of Freetown.
Africans rarely re-evaluate ourselves, the basis of our knowledge and our traditions on our own terms, argues Sierra Leonean writer Ishmael Beah.