The Choice Before President Bio
By Oumar Farouk Sesay President Julius Maada Bio may soon face one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency: whether to sign a constitutional amendment into law, a step…
Pontius Pilate In Parliament
By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay Pontius Pilate is remembered not because he lacked authority, nor because he was oblivious of the gravity of the decision before him. His story has endured…
Why ‘Two-Thirds Of Parliament’ Cannot Mean ‘Two-Thirds Of Who Are Present’
By Moses MASSA, Esq. The Hypothetical Imagine a massive political crisis or a total boycott where only ten Members of Parliament show up to the well of Parliament in Freetown.…
Sierra Leone: A Nation At War With The Past
By Oumar Farouk Sesay A dangerous principle increasingly governs Sierra Leone’s politics: yesterday’s wrongs can justify today’s abuses. That principle is captured in the Krio expression “You du me, ah…
From The Bar Association Blockade To The Kneeling State (Part 2)
By Oumar Farouk Sesay In Part One of this series, disavowed-agentic corruption was introduced: the transfer of moral and legal responsibility to real, anticipated, or fictitious authority—often concealed behind the…
Orders From Above And The Sierra Leone Bar Association Blockade (Part 1)
By Oumar Farouk Sesay Corruption in Sierra Leone is often discussed in terms of theft, bribery, patronage, weak enforcement, rent-seeking, and abuse of public office. These explanations remain necessary. They…
Who Is Afraid Of The 1991 Constitution?
By Oumar Farouk Sesay A constitution is more than a collection of rules. It is a covenant between the state and its citizens—a restraint on power, a guarantee of political…
A Nation That Has Stopped Reading (Part II)
By Yoni Emmanuel Sesay The decline of reading is often treated as a problem for schools and teachers. It is much more than that. It quietly shapes the future of…
From National Wounds To Sacred Surrender: Oumar Farouk Sesay’s Two New Poetry Collections
In “When My Pen Pours Poetry” and “Labbaik: A Pilgrim’s Verse from Scalp to Soul”, the Sierra Leonean poet moves from national wounds and global injustice toward pilgrimage, prayer, and…
Orders From Above And The Death Of A Nation’s Conscience
By Oumar Farouk Sesay After the law kneels, institutions follow. After institutions kneel, character bends. And when character bends long enough before power, the next to kneel is the nation’s…