Random Musing is a column dedicated to one of our greatest contributors, Raymond dele Awoonor-Gordon, who discusses mainly issues that are relevant to the sociopolitical and economic development of Sierra Leone.
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]
When your clothes are made of cassava leaves, you don’t take a goat as a friend. We all seem to think for ourselves and our assumed enclaves only, rather than [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]
For those untainted by ethnic, religious and socio-political colouration, and who can discern between reason and sentiment, peace and war, love and hate, civility and incivility, our democracy has become [Read more]
if the ‘’eyes’’ of a nation are those that allow the nation to see right from wrong then it is obvious that Sierra Leone started losing her sight many years [Read more]
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