Conversations with Sierra Leoneans: Recent Episodes

Mr Reggie and Nigel

This podcast is all about discussions and interviews with Sierra Leoneans talking about culture, history, education, entertainment, sports, art, current events, music and their personal experiences.

We aim to talk about everything and anything!

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Charles Harding was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, but attended preparatory and public school in the UK. He obtained an economics degree from the University of Sierra Leone followed by an LLB honours degree at what is now University of West London.

In this episode Charles Harding discusses his background, his early years in the UK and his two books.

  • The Fascinating History of My Liberated Ancestors
  • The Fascinating History of My Direct Royal Ancestors and Their Descendants

Charles contact details are hardingandcotalklaw@gmail.com

Music by oussama arichi from Pixabay

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Leslie Leigh from West African Cooks join us and talks his website (https://www.westafricacooks.com/africa/) and his inspiration for building his site, pop up restaurants, and the future of African cooking. Below are some of the links and information Leslie mentioned during this conversation. Salone Maria Bradford Shwen https://shwenshwen.com/ Nigerian Lerato Umah-Shaylor Nigerian West African Vegan Cooking With Lerato Umah-Shaylor | West Africa Cooks https://www.westafricacooks.com/africa/lerato-umah-shaylor-african-cooking-class and Cook With Lerato, Cook With Passion – Lerato Foods & Naturals https://leratofoods.com/ Both above will have books published this year 2022 Nigerian Chishuru | West African Food | Brixton, London, UK chef Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare https://www.chishuru.com/ Pitanga London https://www.pitangalondon.com/ Salone (pop-up supper club) The Krio Kanteen Supper Club Experience With Joe Faulkner #011 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYFScg3hZOc The Gambia (Now in the west end as a pop-up PAPA L’s KITCHEN) https://papalskitchen.com/ and African Fusion Cuisine With Lawrence Gomez | Black Food Tales Podcast #001 - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unp17BC-CCo Nigeria https://akoko.co.uk/ STORK RESTAURANT https://www.storkrestaurant.com/ Nigerian tapas restaurant in London - Chuku's https://www.chukuslondon.co.uk/ Others African Restaurants In London https://www.westafricacooks.com/africa/yelp-results-london Coming soon https://londontheinside.com/west-african-restaurant-isibani-to-open-in-knightsbridge/

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From Sierra Leone to London featuring author Nadia Maddy Sierra Leonean author Nadia Maddy joins the podcast to discuss her early years and the differences and similarities between living in London and Sierra Leone in terms of culture, class, education, and gender roles. 

We hope you enjoy the episode.

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Sierra Leonean author Nadia Maddy joins the podcast to discuss her early years and the differences and similarities between living in London and Sierra Leone in terms of culture, class, education, and gender roles.

Stay tuned for another exciting episode.

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The hosts talk about their experiences growing up and living in the Sierra Leone diaspora.

We discussed the following-

Culture : Food/clothes/language 

Expectations : Education 

Friendships : The differences

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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The hosts briefly talk about their backgrounds, how they met and their motivations for starting this podcast 

"Make Sierra Leone Famous" was the podcast mentioned in this episode. Check it out it’s vey good.

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This podcast is all about discussions and interviews with Sierra Leoneans talking about culture, history, education, entertainment, sports, art, current events, music and their personal experiences. We aim to talk about everything and anything!