A Privileged Insight, by Donu Kogbara

Earlier on this year, I flew to Freetown to interview President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone, his First Lady, and several members of his cabinet.I was touched by the warm welcome I received and highly impressed by the quality of the conversations I had with all of the above; and I remember thinking that it was fitting that they should be so knowledgeable and articulate, given that their country is the home of the oldest Western-style university in sub-Saharan Africa – Fourah