It does not store any personal data. AMBJ: Do you have any intention of returning to Sierra Leone to contribute to nation-building? Dr. AKB: I would tell President Ernest Bai Koroma to continue doing the good job he is doing. Kushe O! . Islam is the religion of the majority in Sierra Leone. Thank you for giving me credit. A small number of Sierra Leoneans are of partial or full Lebanese ancestry, descendants of traders who first came to the nation in the 19th century. Like the neighbouring Temne, the Loko are Muslim majority. Liberia's most educated tribe. All African Award, 2002 (With Martin C. Muo) United States Congress and Bilingual Education, Peter Lang Publications (New York, NY), 2001. Energy. As of 2005, approximately 97% of the population speak the Krio language (either as first, second or third language). I watched the documentary listed on this site, The language you cry in. The largest contest within Sierra Leone's political culture centres upon the competition between the Mende in the south-east and the Temne people of the northwest of Sierra Leone. The largest group are the Temne, at 35.5% of Sierra Leone's population. Other ethnic communities include the Limba, Kono, Loko, Fullah, Mandingo, and others. Sierra Leone Education Stats: NationMaster.com First of all, there are over 20 different ethnic groups, mainly including the Mende and Temne (Armstrong, 2001). This does not mean bringing everyone to Sierra Leone; the government can get its talented and proven citizens in the Diaspora to develop initiatives that can be implemented in the country after those in the Diaspora have gone to the country and studied its modalities and the feasibility of their initiatives. Constraints include extreme poverty, a lack of an educated labor force, lack of economic diversification, severe infrastructural deficiencies, endemic corruption . These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. 5 days ago West African leaders arrive in Sierra Leone ahead of the Countrys 60th independence anniversary. Dr. AKB: My message to Sierra Leonean students and lecturers at home and abroad is that they should treat education as Islam teaches: that is, Haq alilm (The Right to Education). The Krio have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciary and Freetown's elected city council. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. Transport. He holds 5 doctorate degrees, speaks 18 languages and he's published 66 books and over 600 research papers. Anyway, I started the interview by thanking him for taking time out of his very busy schedules to grant me the interview. The local language is Krio (Armstrong, 2001). The small but significant Creole or Krio people (descendants of freed African American, West Indian and Liberated African slaves who settled in Freetown between 1787 and about 1885) make up 1.3% of the population. One of the first ethnic groups to become educated according to Western traditions, they have traditionally been appointed to positions in the civil service, beginning during the colonial years. The Republic of Sierra Leone is a State, based on the principles of Freedom, Democracy and Justice.