Drug addiction and mental health in Sierra Leone in focus on episode one to an all-new season of the Make Sierra Leone Famous Podcast!
Vickie Remoe interviews with Mahawa Sandy, founder of Nyali Foundation and Dr. Elizabeth Alieu resident psychiatrist in charge of the child and adolescent mental health at the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Teaching Hospital.
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May 2024
Sierra Leone's Women: Sex Lives of Uncut Outcasts
In Sierra Leone, just two out of every ten women is uncircumcised. These women, the minority are labelled "gborka" and deemed "unclean" or "not woman enough". Make Sierra Leone Famous places the sex lives of uncut women in focus to discuss the power of pleasure, women's liberatio ... Show More
1h 25m
Aug 2022
From Cry Freetown to Sing Freetown
Host Vickie Remoe is in conversation with two of Sierra Leone’s most celebrated storytellers; award-winning playwright and founder of Freetong Players Charlie Haffner, and Emmy, BAFTA, and Peabody-winning journalist Sorious Samura. Show Notes Listen to Doniie Major’s Freetown Cit ... Show More
59 m
Mar 2019
#149 — The Problem of Addiction
Sam Harris speaks with Sally Satel about addiction. They discuss whether addiction should be considered a disease, the opiate epidemic in the U.S., the unique danger of fentanyl, the politicization of medicine, PTSD, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your play ... Show More
40m 40s
Sep 2023
What is Sierra Leone doing to improve mental health?
During Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990’s, child soldiers roamed mutilating and killing their victims. Economic turmoil ensued once the conflict ended, with high unemployment and poverty. And the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus left almost 4,000 people dead there. There are ... Show More
23m 38s