By Reverend Simon Holloway, M.A.
(St. Wilfrid's Church, Horley, Surrey. Chair of DISCET (UK) Board)
Sierra Leone Association (Birmingham and Midlands)
25th Anniversary Service and 45th Anniversary of Sierra Leone Independence (27th April 1961-2006)
Text: Isaiah 35:3,4 "Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear, your God will come; he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." '
Introduction:
Lord and Lady Mayor, Representative from the Sierra Leone High Commission, my Islamic friends, fellow Sierra Leoneans, Dean and Cathedral Staff, guests and visitors today, welcome! In the name of Christ, whose resurrection we are especially celebrating during these Sundays after Easter, I greet and welcome you.
Greetings also from the Diocese of Freetown and from St.George's Cathedral, Freetown, the oldest Anglican Cathedral in West Africa! I had the priveledge of being invited to minister there as part of a SOMA team last Advent.
"Praise the Lord! For His mercy endures for ever!" Response introduced by Canon Modupe Taylor-Pearce in the churches in Freetown. You saw some slides from a Revival Conference at the Cathedral led by a SOMA team from UK and Nigeria during Advent last year as you came in. Revival for Transformation was the theme of the week-long celebration with 250 daily delegates and 400 plus every evening from many different Anglican and other churches. It was a great time to celebrate, pray, get right with God and each other and renew commitment to Him.
Sierra Leone a wonderful land on the tip of West Africa, about the size of Wales, known as the land of iron and diamonds. Its name (in Portuguese) means 'Lion Mountain', shape of the mountains around the port of Freetown (3rd Largest natural harbour in the world) and the Colony of Freetown in the Western Area was founded at the end of the 18th Century as a haven for freed slaves, recaptives and the maroons (from Jamaica) as a safe haven for a Christian community. Bishop Samuel Crowther (1st African Anglican Bishop) came to faith in Freetown, was one of the first students at Fourah Bay College, which like the Grammar School and Annie Walsh, were founded by CMS a few years after the Abolition of Slavery. The first mission of CMS was in Sierra Leone and two German Lutherans were the first missionaries to serve there. Education has always had a high priority in the country and at one time in the mid 19th Century, there were as many literate in Freetown as in many cities and towns of UK! Most of the leaders in other West African nations studied in Freetown which was once known as the Athens of West Africa, because of its high reputation for learning.
The Coat of Arms of Sierra Leone espouses three main virtues, common to many nations:
UNITY, FREEDOM, JUSTICE. All three are needed in many ways even now for this nation, which though rich with natural resources, has been plundered by unscrupulous people and is now one of the nations regarded as poorest in the world, with a low life expectancy around 37yrs and much need of reconstruction and re-investment if it is to rise again. However, many observers recognise that the key to future sustainable development is proper management of human resources. Honesty, integrity, industry, faithfulness, loyalty, service - are all needed in public and private enterprises if the nation is to get back on its feet.
Our Chapter from Isaiah 35 gives a wonderful vision of a Transformed Community (which can also be seen in a later chapter 65:17-end - a vision of long life, security, fruitfulness, peace, blessing, answered prayer and great JOY!).
Isaiah was writing to encourage a community in EXILE away from their homeland in part of his prophecy. He wanted to give them HOPE that a better day was coming. Desert, parched land and wilderness may not be words we would use literally about Sierra Leone (unlike Niger! Or Sudan), but it has experienced a terrible, long, brutal civil war.
I remember visiting Tikonko in March 2001, a few miles south of Bo, the Second City, and picked up this (coconut shell) from a burial ground there. Around 40 people had been slaughtered, all but half a dozen houses burnt to the ground. I met the Methodist minister there whose house had been stripped and used as the rebel base. You know about the amputations of arms and legs and yet the great courage of the amputees now in rehabilitation camps, some even playing football using crutches and wheelchairs. Several nations have provided prostethic limbs.
What is the cause of such atrocities? The root cause is human greed! James writes about this in his letter Ch.4:1f. "What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive because you ask with wrong motives. 'God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.' Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you."
1.
STRENGTHEN the feeble hands and STEADY the weak knees that give way.
Sierra Leone has needed a helping hand and many agencies from around the world have just done that.
Mercy Ships has had two long stints in the Port. It is a hospital ship and has done much reconstructive surgery for people with deformed faces, women with special needs, supplying and fitting limbs etc. Our church in Surrey has supported a new mission called 'Mission Direct' which has sent out short-term teams doing building work for some of the most needy in the Kissy Area, which was devastated by the Rebels when they entered Freetown.
Our Giving Today will go towards a Medical Project in the Northern Part of Sierra Leone, where much fewer resources usually reach, but is still just as needy. I have loads of slides taken by myself and others of some of the most needy situations in the country over the last few years.
DISCET, of which I am the UK Chair, has been supporting the ministry of Modupe & Olive Taylor Pearce for the last few years, as they seek to serve especially the Christian Community through Counselling, Marriage Courses, Evangelism (now mainly through sponsoring the Alpha Course and seeking a translation into KRIO, the local trade language) and Training. You should have had a copy of a leaflet about this with your service programme as you came in.
I was encouraged to learn in Freetown of the 1st Saturday of the month Clean-Up Campaign, when EVERYONE is encouraged to get out onto the streets and pick up rubbish. Government Ministers, Council members, adults and children ALL do it, promoted by local radio, which everyone listens to! What about this for some of the dirty towns and cities of UK?
When we think of WEAK KNEES, I also think of prayer and getting low before God to intercede for our nation. During the height of the troubles in Freetown, there was one time when the whole community CRIED out together to the Lord Jesus to SAVE the city. Muslims (60%), Christians (30%) and Traditionals all shouted out to the Lord Jesus to SAVE them. Eventually He did, as I will explain in a moment.
What about us? Are we able and willing to give a helping hand for the people of Sierra Leone, either here in this city, where there have been some refugees from that land or by supporting projects and ministries working there now?
Above all, we can PRAY for Unity, Freedom and Justice once more in this land.
2. SAY to the FEARFUL. Words are VITAL. Another way that we can help people is by the ministry of Encouragement. Giving them fresh hope and courage to face the future. Isaiah did that in his time and we can do that in our own time. God's Word in the Bible gives us such words of hope and encouragement.
For example, personally I felt encouraged several times during our 18.5 years in Sparkbrook, an inner city, multi-cultural part of Birmingham with these words from James 5:7-12 STAND FIRM, BE PATIENT, PERSEVERE. But God's Word for the Exiles and maybe the Word for Sierra Leoneans now could be:
"BE STRONG, DO NOT FEAR, YOUR GOD WILL COMEHE WILL COME TO SAVE YOU."
Be Strong - in the Lord and in the strength of His might (Ephesians 6:10)
How? By staying close to God and being filled with His Spirit, who gives us spiritual strength
Fear Not 366 times in the Bible. Eg. Isa.43:1,2
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze because I love you.. Do not be afraid, for I am with you."
2 Tim.1:7 "God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, power and self-control"
Yet FEAR GOD it is the beginning of wisdom. (Prov.1:7)
Your God will come - who is this God? Our God and Father. A personal God who loves us and takes care of us. For the people in Isaiah's time, in exile or preparing for exile. They may have felt forgotten by God, forsaken, oppressed, wondering if God really DOES care for them at all.
But why did the exile happen anyway? Jerusalem as a city and the Temple were destroyed by the Babylonians in 597 BC and most of the population (including Daniel) deported to Babylon. Why? Because of the idolatry and rebellion of God's people. It was judgment time and discipline for their disobedience. God is not mocked, what we sow, we will reap. As then, so now.
God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. This is an uncomfortable part of these verses. We do not like to talk about punishment, judgment and revenge. However, Paul advises the Christians in Rome in these words
"Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written 'It is mine to avenge, I will repay,' says the Lord. On the contrary;
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.". Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
How do we respond to terrorism? 9/11 or 7/7 Jesus's own words are reflected here from the Sermon on the mount: "Bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you" Matt.5:44
He will come to save you God used Cyrus and Darius to open the door for the return of the exiles to Jerusalem after 70 years, but the supreme act of Salvation came in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, God with us, who came to be the Saviour of the World. His name Jesus comes from the Hebrew JESHUA meaning Saviour or Deliverer. Joseph was told to call him this "You will call his name JESUS, because He will save his people from their sins." Matt.1:21
Freetown is so called because it was a FREE TOWN, for FREED SLAVES. Around the Cotton Tree in the centre of the City, the slaves were bound before being deported to the West Indies, but also around this same tree a Thanksgiving Service was held when they were Freed.
During the recent rebel war, whom did God send to save Sierra Leoneans? ECOMOG forces from West Africa, especially the Nigerians, UNAMSIL United Nations forces to keep the peace and help with rebuilding, but a significant part was played by a few British forces too. I also heard in the home of a Government minister of an account of Angelic Battalions on Lumley Beach, defending the beleagured troops at Wilberforce Barracks!
I believe in Angels, like the Angels of Mons in the First World War. And the scriptures are full of them, to encourage us to believe in the power of prayer. Prayer DOES change things.
For the last 9 years, since December 1997 we have had a Quarterly Prayer Group in the Midlands, starting in Sparkbrook and now meeting in Coventry, to pray, network and seek to resource some of the many practical and prayer initiatives in Sierra Leone. In the pack you received on entry, you will find information about this and you can see past reports on a link to SLPN (Sierra Leone Prayer Network) on the SLAB website, run by Ronald (Andrew) Lisk-Carew.
In 2007, there will be a WORLD focus on the Bi-Centenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade under the influence of William Wilberforce in particular. We will give thanks to God for the legacy of Wilberforce who was tutored, nurtured and encouraged by John Newton, the former slaver who once lived in Bonthe Island off Sierra Leone but who later was converted, became a hymn-writer and Anglican priest but also provided first-hand evidence for the Abolitionists. (I have some copies of the latest newsletter from the John Newton Project).
But there is still SLAVERY today, especially through the Trafficking of women and children into the Sex Trade, from South East Asia and Eastern Europe. 25th March 2007 will be FREEDOM DAY and you can SIGN UP on the website www.stopthetraffik.org to register your support for STOP THE TRAFFIK(I have a key given me at Spring Harvest in Skegness at the launch of this project).
What about the Results?
God HAS answered prayer for Sierra Leone. He HAS saved this country. BUT we must continue to PRAY for Sierra Leone, especially as it approaches Elections in 2007. And for the success of the STOP THE TRAFFIK project addressing today's slavery!
Then the vision of Isaiah 35 may become a reality:
Eyes of blind opened; ears of deaf unstopped, lame leap like a deer, tongue of deaf shout for joy; water gush forth in the wilderness, streams in the desert, burning sands a pool
In other words, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION of the whole of Society God's people are helping to do this in Sierra Leone and in many other nations around the world, as they reach out with compassion and love of God to the marginalised, the lost and broken .
And FINALLY, in such restored places there will be a HIGHWAY, (maybe referring to the King's Highway in Israel or indeed a Highway to Heaven).
* the Way of Holiness, because it is SECURE, HOLY, JOYFUL & GLAD and LEADS to ZION
Our ULTIMATE destination and hope is NO NATION on earth, however restored, transformed or beautiful. Our final destination should be HEAVEN
And that is a place where the Apostle John writes:
"God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.for the old order of things has passed away." Rev.21:4
From a recent E.mail, these historical facts outline some of what has happened in the land of Sierra Leone since then:
In 1937, an outbreak of Small Pox led to the catastrophic death of thousands of Sierra Leoneans.
In 1947, an earthquake took place in Sierra Leone
In 1957, the first political upheaval between Milton and Albert Margai set the pace for bad governance when the APC party formed three years later came in to steal the show
In 1967, for the first time in Africa, a ruling regime was narrowly voted out of office by an opposition party which sowed the seed of everything that represented bad governance in Sierra Leone
In 1977, a wide spread student demonstration across Sierra Leone adversely affected the political base, physical infrastructure and the economy of Sierra Leone, which almost brought down the APC regime
In 1987, the pace was set for Sierra Leone's First Vice President, Attorney General and Minister of Justice - late Francis Minah - to be executed after a controversial treason trial.
In 1997, the notorious AFRC junta seized state power and held Sierra Leone to ransom for nine months amidst national and international outcry.
In 2007, guess what will happen??? Power will change Hands!!!!
Address for SLAB 25th Anniversary Celebrations
&
Sierra Leone's 45th Independence Celebrations
30th April 2000
Welcome to Mrs Hawa Sumner, Special emissary of The Sierra Leone High Commissioner, a warm welcome to The Lord Mayor of the City of Birmingham and Lady Mayoress. Welcome Ladies and gentlemen, friends of Sierra Leone and fellow Sierra Leoneans and thank you all for coming to join in our festivities. Oona all Kabo, big Kabo en oona tenki tenki for way oona cam bator we. I could of course say bechere or seke, bisseh or even naalagan but I say kabo because unique to Sierra Leone, we have a language that unites us. It matters not whether we originate from the east, west, north, south, Capital City, Bonthe or Bunce we are united by the krio language.
This is a time for thanksgiving and celebration! We celebrate our Home Country's 45th year of being independent and in our present home here in Birmingham, we celebrate twenty - five years of formally becoming an association. Sierra Leone is going into wise middle age and SLAB has truly come of age and is in its youthful, fruitful prime. We, all Sierra Leoneans give thanks for the privilege of life, of love, and of togetherness.
Important anniversaries call for reconnaissance, for recollection, for putting our personal as well as collective lives into perspective, taking our place in the world and yet being able to hold on to our own identity. If I was asked what Sierra Leonean identity was, I would say and I know you will all agree with me, that we are a dignified nation; we are ambitious, resilient, and generous in our relations with others; we believe in inclusiveness, we are loyal and constant, we are creative and above all God - loving.
When I was asked to speak at this service of thanksgiving I thought that a privilege and honour had been conferred on me. It did not escape me though that privilege is the bed fellow of respect, of duty and of reverence. I stand here in humility but also with hope that I can speak for all who have given precious thoughts, knowledge, concern, time, money and effort and their love, to bring the aims of this association to fruition. It is a duty because it is incumbent on me and on all of us to tell our children our own stories, to tell the world of our existence, of who we are and as a body, to hold a responsible place in society.
We hold in high esteem fellow Sierra Leoneans and friends who have in their inimitable way, and committedness through education, medicine, religion, politics, finance, and other important services to Sierra Leone and to Sierra Leone Association Birmingham, have paved the way to success for our generation. We must and will in turn pass this on to our children and children's children.
A quarter of a century, twenty five years of being an association, forces us to become introspective. We look back in awe at our blessedness in order to gain courage and confidence to continue. After all, if you nor sabby oosai you commot you nor go sabby oosai you day go. One must be aware of their past so that the future is envisaged.
Sierra Leone Association began formally in 1981 as a progression from the togetherness that we had experienced for a good number of years. In the1960's Sierra Leoneans, some of whom were students at that time, shared homes and flats and clothes in helping each other. Some people shared baby sitting arrangements but most of all they shared food and this is very important to us. Non Sierra Leoneans would not have failed to notice that Sierra Leoneans are always prepared to 'cook' for friends, neighbours and guests alike. Cooking is truly embedded in the Sierra Leonean psyche as a symbol of relating. Our word for any party or indeed any gathering is 'cook' we say me broder day wan year, a day cook for am or me sister born pickin we day cook for am. We continue to serve food at all our association meetings.
In the 1970's we helped each other in life changing occasions like getting married having babies, gaining qualifications, obtaining property. We sometimes met for company each suggesting and encouraging the other to innovate different as well as new areas of progress in their lives.
As we busied ourselves with personal concerns and our individual families grew bigger and we found more and more Sierra Leoneans, in the corners of Birmingham and the West Midlands. We became more ambitious. A group of people with Mr Andrew Ronald Lisk-Carew at the helm, heavily aided and advised by The Late Mr Sydney Boyle, a Sierra Leonean who had served in the Second World War, set about constructing a formal constitution for Sierra Leone Association Birmingham and Midlands as we know it now. The Association was formed in 1981 and we obtained charitable status in 1982.
We began meeting formally in 1981. Our first formal meeting complete with our young families and food, was held at the main hall of the YWCA building in Stone Road off the Bristol Road, in Edgbaston. Our first President was Mr Radcliff Kunle Cole, Secretary was Mr Andrew Lisk-Carew and Treasurer, Mr Dennis Thomas. We chose our leaders for their inherent qualities of statesmanship, enthusiasm and technical/financial abilities respectively. I would like to think that there is integrity in our choices as I too became the next president working alongside Mr Lisk-Carew and Mr Thomas. For the first five years we did not have a Social Secretary and almost all responsibility for the associations arrangements fell on the shoulders of the Secretary who quietly and sensitively carried out his duties. We held executive meetings in each others' homes. I would like to thank Mr Eddie Weaver (Uncle Eddie to most of us) whose home became our meeting place for a while.
At this time Sierra Leone Association also formed the West African Community Association (WACA) now known as African Community Association (ACA).
In the first twelve years or so, our activities were conducted with vigour and exuberance. In keeping with our constitution we continued to look after the wellbeing of our members in Birmingham and the West Midlands. We helped students who were in Britain for a short time and people who were in transit to other places. We then began to extend our thoughts to those less privileged in the Home Country. This is not a new concept as true to our culture such help is prevalent among individuals and in families. We collected clothes and medicines and general goods to help our less fortunate compatriots. Thus began our donations to the mental hospital, at Kissy, the prison at Pademba Road, The School for The Blind and other institutions and individuals. Storage space and the means of getting the goods we collected to the needy were again provided through the generosity of the association's members.
Temporary residents were given help to settle and we supported families in bereavement, in pull-na-do, i.e. outing, baptisms and naming ceremonies. In keeping with our aim to educate others about Sierra Leone we also had social activities which were open. One social activity that stands out in my mind is the Christmas parties we held for our younger members. Some of us still carry the memory of the late Mr Salifu Conteh dressed up as Santa Claus and distributing presents to children.
The next ten years saw a lull in our former enthusiasm. In retrospect, troubles from the war and unrest in Sierra Leone had its effect on us and reflected our efforts. We could no longer carry out a large part of the original aims for setting ourselves up. We did not get first hand information from home and rumours we received were most disheartening. As individual members of the association, we turned our energies and attention to other personal matters that we could manage more easily.
Our children grew older, studied at universities, took up nursing, hospitality, teaching, art, law, photography, entertainment, business, fashion, travel, got involved in media work, got married and had babies and generally took up their place in the world. We continued to support each other.
True to the collective Sierra Leonean long suffering and persevering psyche we did not give up our original aims. We dedicate the proceeds of all our activities to helping other Sierra Leoneans. Monies we collect are spent in supporting various causes. We have sponsored students throughout their studies at University, sponsored many pupils through school and given donations to various charities. We have also been able to provide schools with computers. We have contact with religious and prayer groups in Sierra Leone and in the UK.
The proceeds of our present festivities will go to help the charity, Medical Association Sierra Leone based in Tonkolili District in the North of Sa Leone. This charity is concerned with maternity and paediatric health and care. Their work is vital for reducing maternal mortality, infant and child mortality and reducing mortality among HIV/AIDS sufferers. It is important to note that, in their work the charity is ensuring the health of the next Sierra Leonean generation.
Sierra Leone Association Birmingham remains constant in our endeavours albeit with fewer numbers at meetings and the difficulty of finding a meeting place. For this continuity we thank the present executive and former executive members who tirelessly try to keep every one engaged. We thank them for their efforts. Oona tenki.
Make God koba oona.
For the future we hope to continue our charitable work and answer to any requests for help to needy Sierra Leoneans.
I implied earlier that our tenacity and our interminable hope are held in the memory of the lives of those who have gone before and is passed down in our history. You will agree with me that it will be foolhardy to explore the history of Sierra Leone here, now. Sierra Leone, its people and culture have always existed. It is pertinent to remember that the history of war, worldwide, is cyclical and that Sierra Leone is no exception to that rule. There are wars then peace then progress then war and so it goes on.
Our history is long and rich. Omos you go lick pan ten pence salt? Here is a taster. I start from the 17th century when Bunce was the epitome of wealth. In 1779 a battle of the American Revolution was fought in Bunce between two foreign forces, destroying the island's vast wealth which had been established since the 17th century. We cannot forget too that in the 18th and 19th century, Sengbe Pieh led the Amistad Revolt or that Chief Bai Bureh was the great warrior of the 1898 rebellion. Nor can we forget the great advocate of cultural affairs Madam Mammy Yoko or Sir Samuel Lewis the barrister and Mayor of Freetown or Henry Malamah Thomas, Mayor and entrepreneur, Augustus Abayomi Cole, Medical Dr and Herbalist who perfected gbangba and explored herbal cures for malaria. 19th and 20th century history brought us Edward Wilmot Blyden, known for his stance on Pan Africanism. It was he who expounded on the collective use of the krio language and on wearing of African clothes as a symbol of Sierra Leonean, nay, African unity and identity I am pleased to be able to read from the Krio Bible today.
Looking around here today we cannot fail to see the talents and skills personified by so many of us. We are proud of our achievements. We are not complacent however. As a nation our political metamorphoses exists alongside our cultural, social, environmental and religious changes. This creative nature is echoed in SLAB and in individual Sierra Leoneans. As a people we remain dignified.
Our fore parents also experienced the troubles of their time but managed to leave us a good heritage. We are custodians of this heritage. As we say waytin koba kola na lif, waytin koba posin na posin. I would here like to appeal to younger people who are descendants of members of SLAB to come forward and take more active roles in the association. As we know, na befo foot behein fol kin fallah.
With this thought, this parable in mind I set about asking some of my friends about the people were who inspired them as they grew up. It is not surprising to me that many of the people named were educators. Others were people who contributed to the lasting good health of the nation in various capacities. I have had to limit myself to a few names only. These names are not in any particular order but I believe they will warm our memories, inspire us and rekindle our lust for life.
Permit me to start with The Late, Mr Clifford Fyle who wrote our National Anthem and the songs which accompanied the change from sterling pounds to Leones in1964.
Dr Eldred Jones, Rev. Harry Sawyerr, Dr Milton Margai, Dr Davidson Nicol, Mr Erasmus Cole, Mrs Marcus Jones, formerly Miss Laura Jolly, Miss Lottie Hamilton- Hazeley, Dr William Fitzjohn, Mrs Alice Fitzjohn, Miss Lettie Stuart, Mr A.T. Thomas, Dr S.T Maturi, Dr E.H.Taylor - Cummings. Named also is Business man, Mr John Malamah Thomas whose business was in wood and board, John Akar in telecommunications, Madam Ella Kobolo Gulama whose example made it possible for women to take up their place in politics. Many people also told me they were born at Dr Radcliffe Jones's nursing Home or at Dr Renner's Nursing Home. Other people named were, Dr Taylor Pearce, nurse Bessie, Mr Max Bailor and Mrs Ada Bailor. Others remembered fondly are Miss Caroline Thomas, Teacher Carie to many and the Rev J Anderson, of the CMS Grammar School, Pa Anderson to many and Mr S.E Rogers singer and musician (of my lovely Elizabeth fame.) The list is inexhaustible but this is not a history lesson it is only a reminder that we have a wealth of goodness to call on when in difficult times we feel that we have lost our foundations.
I hope that in bringing to mind these few people, we will individually remember all the others who have influenced us. With joy in your hearts, we can call up the good times in our own lives and be encouraged in our endeavours.
Every community has its own share of joys and pain. I would like us to take a moment here to remember those of our community who are now elderly and infirm and those who are young and may have been able to take over from those of us who are getting older but who are unwell. We pray for their carers and their parents.
We remember with joy and we pray for peace for those of our community who have died in the last 25 years:
Mr Jimmy Coker
Mr Ben Leigh
Mrs Ruby Williams
Mr Caleb Williams
Mrs Frances Neville
Mr Jessy Kamara
Mr Lincoln Bayo Kamara
Mr Salifu Conteh
Mr Ambrose King
Mr W.T. Rogers
Mr Ayo Chris King
Mr Sydney Oluwole Boyle
Mrs Rosaline Coker
Mr Solomon Cline Williams
Mr George Robinson
Grant their Souls Eternal Rest O Lord.
By Ms Robina Burke
Analytical Psychotherapist
April 2006
