Make Sierra Leone Famous Vickie Remoe

Drug addiction and mental health in Sierra Leone in focus on episode one to an all-new season of the Make Sierra Leone Famous Podcast!

Vickie Remoe interviews with Mahawa Sandy, founder of Nyali Foundation and Dr. Elizabeth Alieu resident psychiatrist in charge of the child and adolescent mental health at the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital.

Sierra Leone’s youth are struggling with drug addiction and dependency. Vickie and guests discuss the root causes and and solutions for tackling the drug crisis.

Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with two of Sierra Leone’s most celebrated storytellers; award-winning playwright and founder of Freetong Players Charlie Haffner, and Emmy, BAFTA, and Peabody-winning journalist Sorious Samura.

Show Notes

Listen to Doniie Major’s Freetown City: https://bit.ly/3PaVtHB

Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu

Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique

To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5

Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with actress, producer, and founder of Lema’s Diary Production Company. The film producer uses her craft to make social commentary about issues affecting Sierra Leone’s women. Her latest film “Profit Point” set in the slums of Freetown is about the struggles of women trapped by poverty and sexual exploitation. Profit Point had its London Premiere at the Young Sierra Leonean Kip Kompin Cinema.

Show Notes

Listen to Kaley Bag’s Di Sai Wae Ar Komot: https://spoti.fi/3oL72KW

Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu

Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique

To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5

Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Sierra Leonean poet, playwright, and author Oumar Farouk Sesay, Oumar talks and shares insights from his four-decade-long career as a writer and creative. His latest play “The Throne” challenges audiences to question their beliefs on identity, homosexuality, and tradition.

Show Notes

Listen to Daddy Saj’s Che Che: https://bit.ly/3Bc2xQY

Follow the Mane Chronicles: https://bit.ly/3Rq6AyV

Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu

Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique

To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5

Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Tarah Majeek, Entrepreneur and founder of self-care and wellness brand “Mane Chronicles''. They discuss branding, startups, and tips to transform a hobby into an enterprise.

Show Notes

Listen to TMA’s No Sense: https://spoti.fi/3c94S4t

Follow the Mane Chronicles: https://bit.ly/3Rq6AyV

Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu

Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique

To make Sierra Leone better

Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with Alhaji Siraj Bah, a multiple award-winning green entrepreneur who makes cooking briquettes out of coconuts. Siraj shares his journey from homelessness in Freetown to becoming one of Sierra Leone’s most successful young founders and job creators.

Show Notes

Listen to Drizilik’s Di Mammi Ihn Moni Fo Comot: https://bit.ly/3NLiPCU j

Ship to Sierra Leone from the USA with Dot Bleu

Find your next outfit at The Doll House Boutique

To make Sierra Leone better for women and girls in Salone better support the Asmaa James Foundation https://bit.ly/3ybDLz5