Lieutenant-Colonel Yaya Kanu and 25 others were murdered in 1992 without trial. He was accused of involvement in an alleged coup while he was in prison at Pademba Road. Afterwards, his wife Major Lucy Kanu was subjected to various human right abuses and her passport confiscated. This is their story.

The Murder Of Lieutenant - Colonel Yaya Kanu And The Ordeals Of His Wife - Major Lucy Kanu

Mitikishe Maxwell Khobe - This is the story of how a Nigerian soldier became a hero in Sierra Leone and rose to one of the highest ranks in the Sierra Leone Army.

MITIKISHE: A NIGERIAN HERO IN A SIERRA LEONEAN CIVIL WAR

In 1998, ECOMOG launched Operation Sandstorm to remove the #AFRC military regime from power. This is the story of what happened.

Operation Sandstorm and the Removal of Johnny Paul Koroma

By May 2000 the Sierra Leonean civil war had gone on for too long and the newly signed Lomé Peace Agreement was falling apart. Foday Sankoh had just been placed under house arrest and the women of Sierra Leone rallied in front of his house to express their frustration. This is a story of events leading to the May 2000 women's protest against Foday Sankoh and his Revolutionary United Front.

May 2000 Women's Protest Against Foday Sankoh

The Sierra Leonean civil war was declared over on January 18, 2002 in Lungi. At a ceremony marking the end of disarmament and the destruction of weapons, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah burned 3000 weapons and declared a Flame of Peace over Sierra Leone. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended that the Government of Sierra Leone declares January 18 as National Reconciliation Day. For this episode of our podcast, we have Margaret Cassell, a former Miss Sierra Leone contestant.

What Is National Reconciliation Day

March 23, 1991 has been ingrained in the minds of Sierra Leoneans as the day their 11 year civil war started. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) - set up to provide an impartial historical record of the civil war found otherwise. Here is the story of what really happened in Bomaru, Kailahun District, on March 23, 1991.

What Really Happened In Bomaru?

A year into the Sierra Leonean civil war, which started in March 1991, President Joseph Saidu Momoh was overthrown by young officers of the Sierra Leone Army who were dissatisfied with his handling of the war efforts and the sociopolitical condition of the country in general.

The April 1992 Coup and the Rise of Valentine Strasser

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was elected President of Sierra Leone in March 1996 and barely 14 months into his presidency, he was overthrown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). Here is the story of what really happened and how President Kabbah found his way back to State House in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in March 1998.

The Election And Overthrow Of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah

At the end of the Sierra Leonean civil war, the country's wartime president, Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah offered what he referred to as seven national core values that every Sierra Leonean should possess going forward. As we head to the polls at the end of June, the Center for Memory and Reparations is reminding Sierra Leoneans of these seven national core values to encourage free and fair elections.

President Tejan Kabbah's Seven National Core Values for Sierra Leone

On July 7, 1999, the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front signed the Lomé Peace Agreement, which legally ended the Sierra Leonean civil war. This is the story of the Lomé Peace Agreement and the end of the Sierra Leonean civil War.

Signing Of The Lome Peace Agreement

Sierra Leone established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the end of its civil war to provide an impartial historical record of its 11 year war and proffer recommendations. The TRC concluded that all Sierra Leoneans were survivors and recommended a reparations program for four categories of victims. This episode of our memba podcast is about reparations recommended for four categories of victims who continue to suffer among us.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations on Reparation

In 1997, Peter Alfred Penfold took up his position as British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone had conducted democratic elections in 1996, which made Ahmad Tejan Kabbah President of Sierra Leone, but instead of the reconstruction he intended, President Kabbah was overthrown in May 1997. High Commissioner supported the people of Sierra Leone and their legitimate president. High Commissioner Penfold, a British man who was crowned Paramount Chief of Freetown, was loved by the people of Sierra Leone just as he loved them. This is the story of how Komrabai Penfold risked it all for Sierra Leone.

Komrabai Peter Penfold - A British High Commissioner Who Became Chief Of Freetown

Bishop Joseph C. Humper was a Bishop of the United Methodist Church who became Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone. He led the Commission's mandate of collecting an impartial historical record of the conflict and proffering recommendations.

Honouring Bishop Joseph C. Humper

By May 2000 the Lomé Peace Agreement which was supposed to end the Sierra Leonean civil war was falling apart and civil society groups decided to come together to uphold peace. This is the story of when civil society in Sierra Leone worked together to bring peace to Sierra Leone. Twenty-five years later, we remember the 22 members of the peace rally who were killed.

May 2000 Civil Society Peace Rally in Freetown

Foday Saybana Sankoh was leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)- the leading rebel faction in the Sierra Leonean Civil War. Most Sierra Leoneans have heard his name, but who was Sankoh?

Do You Really Know Who Foday Sankoh Was?

At the height of the Sierra Leonean civil war, various militia groups got involved to protect civilians from rebels and rogue soldiers. The largest and most notorious of those militia groups was the Kamajor militia. What do you know about Kamajor warriors in Sierra Leone?

Kamajor - Immortal Warriors In Sierra Leone

Black December - a strategy launched by the Kamajor and other Civil Defence Forces to restore President Tejan Kabbah to power after he was overthrown by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council.

Black December In Sierra Leone

What happened to Susan Lahai in the early morning of May 8, 2000? Susan Lahai's murder was one of the most obscene human right violations inflicted on a public official after the Lomé Peace Agreement.

Susan Lahai - Murder Of A Sierra Leonean Deputy Minister

Memba is a historical account of various events and moments in the Sierra Leonean civil war (1991 - 2002). The podcast is produced by the Center for Memory and Reparations (CMR) to facilitate remembrance and collective narratives around the civil war.

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