March 8th is International Women’s Day and the call is to “EmbraceEquity”. Women as well as men are quite connected to their physical features, some research claim it’s interlinked with self-confidence among a littany of varying cultural issues and perceptions. Stereotypes as to how someone is supposed to look has created enormous levels of pressure…

At 23, I thought I was a game changer who had life going for her at a fast pace! I had a high- paying job, a family who adored me, an amazing circle of friends and was married to the ‘Man of my Dreams’. I couldn’t see beyond my nose, into the realities of becoming…

Here’s the story of a hero without a cape, but with a black bulky worn out with love- leather purse firmly tucked underneath his arm. If you knew my Papa, you would often see him carrying this leather bag and depending on the time or season, there would be a variety of other parcels or…

How heart -wrenching it is to still see people dying of common illness such as the Malaria disease. Malaria disease even though it’s very common can be life-threatening. After the initial mosquito bite, it takes 7 to 30days for the symptoms of malaria fever to surface. This waiting time is called the incubation period. Malaria has…

Who does a Career Day for children under 12 years? that’s the rhetorical question that Narnia Daycare &  Pre-school often receives since the initiative was launched in 2015. Interestingly some other interest groups find it to be some comic relief and graciously welcome the event as a much needed break from their daily routines. The…

The Root of Disease Your body says a lot about you, your reality and your personality.  What you call sickness  or disease, in traditional African medicine we call it an imbalance in your physical, psychological and spiritual being. Now there are more incidences of chronic diseases in all age groups including young people. Now my…

The Year 2021- was another 12 months of what we call the new normal, burdened with uncertainty, really high moments and for some people they hit their lowest ebbs. Anxiety brought us closer to self-regulating mechanisms that gives us a promise of hope and a future behind masks, sanitizers and oxygen tanks. Families are rekindling…

Budapest-Bamako is a charity rally, competition and crazy driving adventure from Budapest to Bamako. Budapest-Bamako is for those who’ve dreamed about the Dakar,  Africa, the Sahara and hitting the open dirt under extreme circumstances. B2 is a minimal assistance event, which means that if you’re in trouble you can only count on yourself and your…

“No matter where you come from, we all share the same struggles as human beings, and my beginning was no different” – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Hawa Dauda is a sport journalist at the Mercury Radio. She is also an executive board member of the Sierra Leone Swimming, Diving and Water Polo Association, the founder of Slum…

An “okada” (local name for commercial motor cycle) nearly hits a pedestrian again, and for the third time today, followed by a stream of invectives. The Friday afternoon traffic at the Kissy road was jammed as usual: vehicles, pedestrians and hawkers all squabbling for whatever little space they could find on the narrow Kissy road…