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Namina Forna was born and grew up in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.After her parents divorced, Forna's mother moved to Atlanta, Georgia.However, due to the looming civil war and general political instability in Sierra Leone, her father decided to also send his nine-year-old daughter to live with her mother in the United States.
One of Gulama's passions was the promotion of education for girls and the improvement of the female condition in Sierra Leone. She served at her alma mater, Harford School for Girls as a member of the Board of Governors. Gulama was also a member of the Sierra Leone government Scholarship Advisory Board and the Bursary Committee of Fourah Bay ...
Asmaa James is a Sierra Leone journalist and women's rights activist. According to the BBC’s list of “100 Women” for 2019, she is one of the 100 most inspiring and influential women in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Sierra Leone Ministry of Education is a Ministerial department of the Government of Sierra Leone that is in charge of planning, overseeing, and implementing the educational policies of Sierra Leone . The Ministry of Education advises the President of Sierra Leone and the Government of Sierra Leone on issues related to Education.
In 2006, Culberson co-founded Sierra Leone Rising, formerly known as Kposowa Foundation, a non-profit foundation that supports education, rebuilding of schools, and improving quality of life in the Bumpe Chiefdom of Sierra Leone after the civil war. [12] She worked as director of service learning at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles. [6]
She then attended Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, where she earned her bachelor's degree with Honours in Economics. [ 13 ] Jones went on to earn post-graduate qualifications (Master of Science in Finance and Economics, Master of Research in International Business & Development) from the University of Manchester and the ...
Thomas Frederick Hope OBE CEng (22 March 1919 – 19 May 1996) was a Sierra Leonean civil engineer, businessman, and scholar who was the general manager and chief engineer of the Guma Valley Water Company and president of the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce.
Delia Jarrett-Macauley was born [6] in Hertfordshire, England, to Sierra Leone Creole parents, their youngest daughter, [1] [7] and she visited Sierra Leone as a child. [8] She studied at York College for Girls and Harrogate Grammar School and earned her first degree in management and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from London University.