Music
Geraldo Pino: the Sierra Leonean soul bandleader who changed West African music
Geraldo Pino and his band the Heartbeats brought James Brown-style soul to Freetown, Accra and Lagos in the…
Sierra Leone
Music
S.E. Rogie: the Sierra Leone tailor whose palm wine guitar reached the world
S.E. Rogie, born in 1926 in Sierra Leone, was a self-taught guitarist who ran a tailor's shop before…