Category: #earth
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WordSmiths
I’m a thief just a peg lower than Robin, donning a hood Issa Kabbah never unveiled. Poaching feelings across minds and giving them wings. Letting them fly to the welcoming hands of estranged lovers to use as weapons, in status’ shade wars. Subliminal yet direct. Quotes coated in Quixote bravery…
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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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The Disco Bash (Short Story)
It was the late ’90s to the early side of the 2000s, the era of faded jeans, the Walkman paving the way for the disc man and the trend of jazzy youth “luxing” in Freetown. One of the features of hailing from a family filled with older brothers and cousins…
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Nostalgia
These days, I am increasingly fueled by a raging desire to overprice depressed thoughts. Or get lost in the flow of books in the jungle of Amazon. Nothing seems real, E-books? They leave me thirsty I miss the smell of pages, with their wrinkled edges, and the torn covers that…
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The Opioid Trail: Tramadol Abuse in Sierra Leone
It was a bright day with blue skies, sunny with just the right amount of soft winds. One of the rare blessings of residing in the coastal city of Freetown in the dry season is the beautiful weather at that time of the year. I was riding shotgun, a friend…
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The Land.
I look up in the sky and see faces in the clouds gazing down at me. Ferried on a canoe across a lake like a journey through time. Thoughts, Dreams, Memories. They mingle into a tapestry of my experiences. Mama’s Land. I breathe in the welcoming air of the familiar…
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Prometheus As A Role Model.
I have always had a fascination with Greek mythology. Of course for most the pantheon of Olympian deities hold sway, yet for me the primordial Titan, Prometheus held an unwavering respect in my mind. Here was a being who sided against his kind, chose to fight on the side of…
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Engulfed
Words are the imprints of nature’s engravings. #Conundrum
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The Score
Two drowned kings once met on Death’s island, a boat to share for them to steer for the shores of life or the bliss of heaven, yet they fought each other on the sands of time to be the sole buccaneer towards life’s vanity, knowing that neither would triumph, they…
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Immortal.
The plan is to stay alive in pages, even after death takes me. Let my words breathe. #Conundrum
Conundrum. 