Articles by Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon

Came back from a West African tour to the increasing discourse about the national economic realities; as our hustlers’ paradise begin to unravel. That mighty white elephant in the room [Read more]

I listened to Palo Conteh, the Minister of Internal Affairs, shooting from the hips in an interview in which he was literarily telling the world, with all the glee of [Read more]

At the root of governance failure and political dysfunction of Sierra Leone today, is the persistent deviation from truth and justice. The lack of these benchmark symbols, undermine the very [Read more]

I can’t believe this madness! I just cannot believe it! What is this? What is happening to us as a people? When will reason, which has long gone out of [Read more]

You know something, while the chatter all across the country on shop floors, in markets, within business circles, and in classrooms and beer parlours as well as gatherings of compatriots [Read more]

When national discourse deliberately uses soft words to hide hard crimes or impunity, then you know that as a society, you are up the proverbial creek with no paddles. This [Read more]

Any masquerade that fails to respect its limits will have its veil removed. This unvarnished truth is coming out more forcefully in Sierra Leone’s existence as depicted by the socio-political [Read more]

You know something? It appears that we are in for a ride again as the clock ticks towards the next election. Why? Because, too many of us are smirking when [Read more]

If an idol begins to wield excessive powers, you show it the wood it was carved from. That is exactly what seventeen million British have demonstrated by the decision to [Read more]

You know what? Sierra Leone is not cursed as some are want to believe. It is our mentality to anything Sierra Leone and our collective antics that are the cause [Read more]

…..the dividends of democracy have not reached the door of the common man. That their hearts, ache, because the trust they had in today being the tomorrow that they thought [Read more]

I read someone describing President Koroma, who, in a thinly disguised indignation, called agitators against the growing socio-economic plight of the people, irritants, as the last Pele. How sad.  Because [Read more]

The one painful conclusion that came to mind during my recent visit to Sierra Leone was that the original model is beyond broken, it is shattered. Today, we are a [Read more]