Category: Art
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A Tale of Threads in Salone.
Some version of this piece has been in my draft for almost a year. Time they say fashions us with opportunities, but I think I’ll just settle on the notion that this write-up decided to walk out of the shop a la mode during the end of the Ramadan fasting…
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Where Have I Been?
I don’t know when I decided I would bite the opening line of Wale’s letter to Complex in 2014 as the title of my return blog piece, but frankly, it’s only fitting to give a nod to the artist who reflects my thought more than any other. I always assumed…
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UP!- A Creative’s Guide in Sierra Leone
Dire situations tend to bring out the best or worst, and for many of us, these moments are the molds that will cast us out in the movie of our lives moving forward. The novel Coronavirus outbreak in many ways than one is already changing the landscape of our existence,…
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Shukubly: Manifesto of a SaLone Artist by Marco Koroma
Marco Koroma takes the wheel for this journey with a guest feature article on the zeitgeist of the Sierra Leone music scene. The influence of art in the Sierra Leonean society is undeniable. From the hit songs that outline the “maps” in December to the kontri klos that offers the…
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Cancer.
Dawn has a hymn It sounds like water greased in a piano played by crickets. Don’t ask me what I mean, only God knows. Even when I wake up early, lately I feel like i’m still dreaming Sleep on that thought, I’ll come back to it if my amnesia doesn’t…
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Ramblings
The curse of knowing outweighs the bliss of ignorance, this deep vault of mine overfills with confidante memories hoping for an Obliviate spell that never seem to come. Summoning the will to wear that smile is a miracle that I’ve come to see as ordinary Loki got nothing on me…