tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91565854364984330052011-11-27T17:01:33.511-08:00The Cotton Tree is a lifestyle magazine aimed at informing, entertaining and engaging with Sierra Leoneans, both at home and abroad on significant issues affecting us. The print edition was first published in 2005Unisa Dizo-Contehnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156585436498433005.post-56741826284072627712007-11-13T07:24:00.000-08:002007-11-13T07:40:33.768-08:00

“One of the things that made me sad when I went to Sierra Leone was the number of young people I saw in the streets, young people who don’t know what to do with their lives,” said Ishmael Beah, a young Sierra Leonean who gained international fame for a book he wrote about his experiences serving as a child soldier in the war in Sierra Leone.Speaking recently as a key speaker at a conference on “

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by Unisa Dizo-ContehMusic has always been used as an effective tool to entertain people and trigger waves of emotions in them. In their recent UK tour, pupil singers of the Milton Margai School for the Blind from Sierra Leone used their musical talent marvellously not only to entertain their audience, but also to trigger in them waves of emotions. This also brought about a deep sense of

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Dr John Kerefa Smart – who talked about his participation, including Kwame Nkrumah (of Ghana), in the fight for Independence in west Africa has recently stressed the need for a “United States of Africa.”Making his Keynote speech at an event held by the Sierra Leone Network in the United States, the 92-year-old said that Africa has plenty resources and abundant land space, which could be very

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by Unisa Dizo-ContehThe Director of the Interdenominational Services for Counselling, Evangelism and Training (DISCET) Canon Dr। Modupe Taylor-Pearce, makes a passionate call for Britain to “intensify the bonds of friendship between Britain and Sierra Leone।”“We need the people of Britain to continue in the tradition of friendship and to come out in a big way to work with the people of Sierra

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