Author: Salone Creatives

Don’t travel to Guinea! Ok that might be a bit much to say. How about: don’t travel to Guinea unless you have a Guinean passport or identification or you don’t plan on traveling within the country or if you are white with a U.S. passport or something like that! *breathes out* That’s a bit long…

Now everyone knows that I always keep it real when it comes to Salone music, well African music in general. My harsh criticism has gotten me crucified a few times, but here I am again. I have been impressed with JR’s musical ability though, since he and another artist, Jaybonicks gave the members of Salone…

“Baba tell me a story.” Storytelling is way of life for many of us Africans. Our stories are powerful. Oral history is something we are known for; dances, songs, and art tell our stories in the most powerful way. What Black Panther shows is the power of us telling our own story. From that first…

At the initial stage of the Ebola outbreak the Sierra Leone government was poorly prepared. When the news of Ebola grappled Guinea and Liberia, the health ministry in Sierra Leone convincingly told Sierra Leoneans that the ministry has put preventative measures in place in any advent of Ebola entering Sierra Leone, however, this was false.…

My name is Janice Williams…and I’m unbreakable.  My own experience with rape happened years ago when I was very young.  It lasted for two years; I lived with him. There was a lot of psychological games that he played and I locked that part of my brain away for a long time.  I don’t believe…

I am Unbreakable. My name is Nkemakonam Linda Guyse (Ijeh) and this is my unbreakable story. I have been sexually abused since I was a child. I can recall back to when I was 6years old, before then all is a blur. This went on for years and from different people, both males and females.…

When I say I have written about EVERYTHING, it is true. Different things brought people to my blog. There was something for everyone. Nothing highlights that more than the top nine most viewed posts on the blog. Here they are linked below and a short blurb about them: Unbreakable Challenge-Day 3: My name is Nkemakonam…

So I used to this back in the day. Give you an inside look at where all the readers are reading from. I wonder who in Russia is reading or is it I.P. addresses just registering as such? It is just interesting to me that readership in Sierra Leone is not even top three. Leave…

So I used to share these types of data with my readers and I am always curious how you all find the blog. So of course I am not surprised many of you all are coming from Facebook since that’s where I’ve shared links to the blog for the longest. So, this part below is…

It is with great sadness, but with also excitement about the new venture, I say that I am no longer going to be blogging on Voice of the Salone Diaspora. On October 4th 2009, nearly 10 years ago I started a blog. Today I begin the long goodbye to this blog and everyone who has…