#Kenema
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ethnography911.bsky.social
Think often of my favorite bar/eatery in Kenema, Sierra Leone, that regularly played Coat of Many Colors —on cassette tape!—in the evenings.
August 25, 2026 at 7:39 PM
danwalker9999.bsky.social
Kenema General Hospital, 2015
Lab techs
8/8 infected, 7/8 died
www.who.int/news-room/fe...
The last Ebola survivor of his team
www.who.int
October 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
kgandersen.bsky.social
They were overwhelmed when Ebola hit their hospital hard and, tragically, lost their lives to the disease they were fighting so hard, helping save numerous lives.

Close to 50 staff lost their lives at Kenema Government Hospital this way - including long-term friends and colleagues of mine.

2/4
Memorial at Kenema Government Hospital, honoring staff who gave their lives saving Ebola patients.
January 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
kgandersen.bsky.social
I rarely ask for things, but I will make an exception for my colleague and friend, Augustine Goba, who dedicated his life to saving others.

Augustine was Director of the hemorrhagic fever lab in Kenema, Salone, and is struggling with PSP.

Please consider donating.

www.gofundme.com/f/augustine-...
Donate to Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, organized by Michelle McGraw
Mr. Augustine Goba is the Emeritus Director of the Kenema Gov… Michelle McGraw needs your support for Help Augustine Goba battle Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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December 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Alicious pezaro; 22 makieu street, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.854246499999999%2C-11.1908613&query_place_id=ChIJuRoO3JHPBw8RoCJmA_3x7nM
June 15, 2026 at 5:38 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Taiama; 275 Bo-Kenema Highway, Bo, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.958851599999998%2C-11.7560786&query_place_id=ChIJhwacij0VBg8RJDUq5Ff16DE
August 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
i'm not going to encourage anyone to go to or read the free press but i will share this banger of a lede, the funniest "aggrieved about trans people and feminism" anecdote i've seen from the right in a while
During the civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999, I found myself in a jungle town called Kenema as locals got word that a rebel army was headed their way. The Revolutionary United Front, as the rebels called themselves, was infamous for mass rape, execution, and torture, and the people of Kenema were understandably terrified. I watched women pour into the streets and start screaming at the men to go out and defend them. Then they grabbed their children and took shelter as best they could. The men rounded up whatever weapons they could find—rusty shotguns and AKs, old pistols, a colonial-era saber—and rushed out of town to meet their fate. They managed to defeat the rebels, and an unspeakable tragedy was averted. The recent and very American idea that the sexes are the same or at least interchangeable was clearly not true for the people of Kenema in the early summer of 1999. Whatever one might be tempted to say about sex and gender from the safety of our powerful country,
April 29, 2026 at 9:49 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
May 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
taliabhatt.itch.io
That's about what I was expecting.

You drill this logic down to its essence and it's always "women are a reproductive resource, women are the future of a Nation and people. Therefore, we can't let them be independent or have bank accounts."
During the civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999, I found myself in a jungle town called Kenema as locals got word that a rebel army was headed their way. The Revolutionary United Front, as the rebels called themselves, was infamous for mass rape, execution, and torture, and the people of Kenema were understandably terrified. I watched women pour into the streets and start screaming at the men to go out and defend them. Then they grabbed their children and took shelter as best they could. The men rounded up whatever weapons they could find—rusty shotguns and AKs, old pistols, a colonial-era saber—and rushed out of town to meet their fate. They managed to defeat the rebels, and an unspeakable tragedy was averted. The recent and very American idea that the sexes are the same or at least interchangeable was clearly not true for the people of Kenema in the early summer of 1999. Whatever one might be tempted to say about sex and gender from the safety of our powerful country, the role the women of Kenema chose for themselves in those terrible moments was to take care of their children. And the role they gave to their husbands was to fight. Every society in the world uses men for defense because they are stronger and faster and can be killed in huge numbers without it mattering very much. Lose half the men in a tribe and the other half will repopulate the group within a generation; lose half the women, and the tribe will never recover. Men make perfect cannon fodder, in other words. Had the women of Kenema chosen to defend the town and told the men to flee with the children, it could have ended catastrophically for both.
April 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
mayu1117.bsky.social
◎今日の手ぬぐい2457◎熊手招き猫（kenema）
December 1, 2023 at 11:22 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat modern; VRF4+RR9, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.874536300000001%2C-11.1928882&query_place_id=ChIJD_x5FFzPBw8RxVqvLM8hiO4
January 2, 2024 at 2:34 PM
ethnography911.bsky.social
I used to buy this at the market in kenema; I’d ask for country rice.
swingingstorm.bsky.social Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · May 16
AFRICAN RICE IS FRIGGIN' COOL because Africa HAS ITS OWN TOTALLY SEPARATE RICE CULTIVAR. It is, in my biased but also correct opinion, the most delicious rice in the entire world. It has a rich nutty taste and a very different chew, and is often reddish in color.
May 16, 2026 at 3:58 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat modern; VRF4+RR9, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.874536300000001%2C-11.1928882&query_place_id=ChIJD_x5FFzPBw8RxVqvLM8hiO4
February 11, 2024 at 3:34 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Food Master Restaurant & Bakery; 1 Wesley Street, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.878778800000001%2C-11.1901334&query_place_id=ChIJvXieDOfPBw8RF4CdaQTbCaU
March 22, 2024 at 6:34 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
July 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM
pola.myatproto.social
*Kenema

Only now noticed that autocorrect has butchered the spelling. :/
April 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
December 14, 2023 at 7:06 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
March 23, 2024 at 12:08 PM
mayu1117.bsky.social
◎今日の手ぬぐい2764◎蚊取り線香（kenema）
August 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
yuinounonagai.bsky.social
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February 21, 2024 at 3:07 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
October 20, 2023 at 12:49 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
January 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
mayu1117.bsky.social
◎今日の手ぬぐい2755◎花火灯り（kenema）
July 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Goat Kingdom; Opposite shopping plaza, VRJ5+99C, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.8809494%2C-11.191607&query_place_id=ChIJr-_qam7PBw8R6rVrWQowYiA
November 17, 2023 at 10:35 AM
restaurant-bot.bsky.social
Food Master Restaurant & Bakery; 1 Wesley Street, Kenema, Sierra Leone https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=7.878778800000001%2C-11.1901334&query_place_id=ChIJvXieDOfPBw8RF4CdaQTbCaU
October 8, 2023 at 5:05 AM