Calabash Interview

Say the name “Adonis Abboud “ to a

Sierra Leonean life. Despite being a household name, very little is known about the man himself and what makes him tick. Meet him in this interview with Hannah Foullah.

Calabash: What nationality best describes you? You ask me I would say Sierra Leonean, “krio Boy “as they say. You ask many Sierra Leoneans they will say “Nar Lebanese nar foreigner”.

An educationist, woman of substance, hardworking lady who has contributed tremendously to the development of the Association.

Nanette Petura Johnson-Reid

As the immediate past President of Annie Walsh Memorial School UK Alumni, have you made any significant impact on your mother land, if you have what sort of contribution? In my own small way, I have been sponsoring young girls throughout their academic pursuits, a few of whom have gone on to achieve and are now giving something back to the country in terms of their expertise and experience. It is a revolving circle – you take, then you give back. This is how I have always seen my responsibility as an Alumna of the AWMS. I know somewhere, somehow someone must

Mrs Princess Gloria Williams,

What sort of influence is your organisation playing on your membership life. Members continue to maintain links with their local churches in Sierra Leone. Some give personal financial and material support where circumstances allow. We continue to start and end our meetings with prayers and give support to members who hold positions

What impact is WAMC playing in Sierra Leone? The spiritual dimension of the W.A.M. Connexion in Sierra Leone is unquestionably a very good one. History will recall the struggle of liberated Africans who broke away from the Methodist Church in the mid 19th century because of the refusal of leaders of College Chapel, Rawdon Street, then known as Wesleyan Methodist Society who were mainly emancipated Africans from Nova Scotia in Canada, to grant the Liberated or Recaptive Africans, equal status within the Church because of their liberation history.