POEM: Making Christ known in our generation.

Bosedeh: We carry the gospel of truth and life with zeal.

We proclaim Christ in this nation.

We are Christ ambassadors to all generation.

We yearn for righteousness and thirst for holiness.

Anita: Why then are we silent

In a state marred by mediocracy

Once the Center of Christianity,

Now we are just a minority.

Bosedeh: The cup that Christ drank from I ask for.

The cross that Christ carries I seek for.

Making the gospel my daily occupation.

Anita: instead of the daily guide, social media remains our daily friend.

Our bible is just our Sunday friend.

Our love is just for selfish end.

Our self-righteousness drivers people that would be the gospel friend.

Our messages are all about prosperity.

Our charity is just for popularity.

Are we making Christ know in our generation?

Bosedeh: But, we’re random from death and sin

We cloth with love unconditional

We have abundant grace and fresh mercy every morning.

We are a Royal Priesthood

We are no longer slave, not even to the law.

Anita: In trials, we worry rather than speak to it with authority.

We planting churches in the cities with beauty,

And neglect the villages with no pity.

We attend church with lovely dress sometimes with hypocrisy.

We sing with lovely voice but with no sincerity.

Bosedeh: We accept and we will repent, with humility.

The passion of Paul we pray for,

The heart of Stephan we desire,

The wisdom of Solomon we long for.

let we all come to be inspired,

By their works and lives.

And set us on fire.

To make Christ known in our generation.

Duya master gee wi di merimeri,
Make we get the Majiji
En always yangeyange for make alman know but you na dis donia

Sierra Leone: Some Good Friday culture in Sierra Leone. #GoodFridayinSolone

1:”Judas aaa , Judas ooo,
Wi go beat am tide.”

Anyone that have ever lived in Sierra Leone would have sing or heard this song. Every Good Friday youths and teenages will make a statue from old clothes and dress it like a man and name its Judas. This Judas made from old clothes is put in different junction to be seen by people. People usually give the youths money in appreciation .
At exactly 12 :00pm, “Judas ” is beaten, drag on the floor and throw in a dump site. We believe that this was the treatment Judas is supposed to have more than 200 years ago for seelling our saviour.

2:” Yu nr know say na Jesus in bodi you de eat so ?”

Don’t you know you are eating Jesus’ body?

In some homes bread and palm oil are not consumed on Good Friday. They are consider as the body and blood of Jesus respectively. I believe it a culture that was introduced my early Roman Catholic missionaries in Sierra Leone. Commission bread and wine are not consumed by Roman Catholic on Good Friday. This is my body breaken for you , eat it in remembrance of me.

3: Uskind bright klose so yu weer?

People are allow to wear black clothes on Good Friday to church but 90 % of the people will wear dark colours like black, blue, mauve or shijwte clothes
” And on the 7th hour Jesus died ”
Good Friday service in many churches in Sierra Leone are like funeral memorial service.

4: Aaaa look wea dem de beat Jesus?
Almost all Television station in Sierra Leone will be playing Passion of Christ, “Jesus films”. Anyplace you go na Jesus film de play oo. Even some cinemas have Jesus film as part of the list of films they will be playing on Good Friday..

5: Beans without no fish, chicken or meat.

In most Christian homes in Sierra Leones,especially Krio Christian, beans will be the only meal of the day. The beans is cooked with grandnut oil instead of palm oil and with no meat or fish as they are consider as Jesus’ blood or body. What a pretty cool way to remember Jesus and his suffering for us .

Sierra Leone was known as the cultural melting pot of West Africa in the 19 Century. We see have very cool and amazing culture in Sierra Leone which have been practice by several generations.

Sierra Leone: 8 Amazing facts every foreign national that wants to live and work in Sierra Leone must know about Sierra Leone Krio.

Eight things every foreign national that want to live or work in Freetown most know about Sierra Leone Krio.

1. Languages breaks barriers.

As a foreign national talking Krio will help you to break language barriers and open many doors in for you Sierra Leone. Even if you only know five Krio words, use it in every of your conversation. Eg; “Ar de do fayn” ,”wok fayn”, “food fayn” , “Altin fayn fayn”.

2: Krio language it’s a unique

Krio language is a unique Language on its own. As a foreign national you will hear some very bad English sentence but are prefect Krio sentence. You just need to accept and learn it’s structure like anyone other foreign language eg; “Ar go call you back”, “When ar cross check”, “You need for reverse backward”.

3: Krio have lot of English word but that’s doesn’t mean you know the language.

English words comming to Krio sometimes changes it’s meaning and it’s pronounciation Eg; Alex get kol at ( Alex have cold heart) it’s like a translation but still two opposite sentences .”Cold heart” in Krio means “Peace” while in English its means “heartless”

4: Krio language have 7 vowels instead of the English 5 vowels.

You might think it’s not important for you because you just want to learn to talk the language. But knowing it’s structure help you to pronounce word well and remember sentence . If you went to the market and said you want vegetable ( in a British or an American accent) they would say they don’t have it .We called it vegetable, same spelling huh but different pouncesion. Our Krio vowel are clearer and sharper than the English vowels.

5: Most Krio speaker hardly pronounce “H”and “S” in a start of a sentence.

Just ask someone to pronounce ” Harold ” they would say “arol” and in other words like house ( os), hannah(Ana) horse (us) and many more. This is the dynamic of our language and it’s beauty.

6: If your Krio speaker speaks slower , you can understand about 70 % of what he is saying.

So whenever someone speak krio too fast just tell them ” talk slow slow “or “talk saful saful”. This is the same for any foreign language.

7: You don’t need to speaks 100% Krio words in a sentence.

Infact Krio is made up of about 50% English words. So you can talk few Krio words as you can. You only need to master your joining words like “na“, “de“, “en” and others.

8. Don’t be ashame

If you talk Krio small small and someone smile at you or even laugh. They are not laughing at you at all, they are just admiring you. Don’t be intimidated. It’s just like a black man talk a pure British English with a britsh accent.

If you have all these and need more. You need to take a Krio lessons with kushe Krio lessons.