In conversation with Journalist, and Historian Ade Daramy we discuss his life’s work documenting Sierra Leone’s history and excellence from Pre-Independence to Post.

Born five years before Sierra Leone gained Independence, Daramy shares his childhood memories going back to a time when Sierra Leoneans believed they could do anything under the leadership of the First Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai. It was Sir Milton who one day asked his cabinet why there were no stamps that one did not have to lick with that the country would invent the first self-adhesive stamp before the US and the UK.

From a place of innovation and possibility (a Wakanda) in the 60s, Daramy takes us through his personal experience of the first coup d’etat, the troubling signs that led up to Siaka Stevens tightened grip on power and the making of Sierra Leone into a one-party state.

Note: This is a Part 1 of a two-part conversation about with Ade Daramy

To listen 'Di World Don Lef Na Wi Han' by The Kabba Brothers: https://bit.ly/3owHjo2

For more on Sierra Leone's self-adhesive stamp: https://bit.ly/2HI5mzF

For more on Sir Milton Margai: https://bit.ly/3ejDsGt