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Podcast · 06:39
Anger can expose injustice. What turns it into lasting change? A free 6-minute-39-second audio companion to The Five C Theory by Bhai-Dhawa Sesay, exploring public frustration, everyday fairness and lasting reform in Sierra Leone. Includes a plain transcript; this is not the complete audiobook.
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Podcast · 04:34
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Explore The Five C Theory by Bhai-Dhawa Sesay, published by Leone Connect Publishing. Listen to the audio and follow the accessible transcript.
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Trailer – Salone Stories Sierra Leone looks like a sleeping lion. Soaring from Africa’s Atlantic coast, Sierra Leone symbolises the modern African continent: conscious of the…
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Civic and political nonfiction
The 5C Theory examines how connected social and political forces make public failure durable—and how those connections can be interrupted.
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PublishedAvailable from an approved seller
Edited by Oumar Farouk SesayEdited by Elizabeth L. A. Kamara
Published by Sierra Leonean Writers Series (SLWS)
A poetry anthology centring women’s sexual health, rights, resilience and lived experience through Sierra Leonean and African voices.
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