Sierra Leone, my honest opinion and words to the people and government.

[@gborowme]

I am a Sierra Leonean 🇸🇱, lived in the USA 🇺🇸 and Sierra Leone .i am moving back home to help create jobs and do my part to help my beautiful people. You are so on point , I have nothing to add. Your observations for one week in Sierra Leone tells the world our dilemma. Come back to visit, thank you my brother. 🌺

[@jacktack77]

THE FACT THAT A BLACK AMERICAN WHO HAS NO NATIONALITY NO HERITAGE NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE HE BELONGS ON THE CONTINENT CAN FORGET THE STATE OF MISERY THAT HIS OWN CORNER OF PEOPLE ARE IN.. LOOK HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS HATE ONE ANOTHER LOOK HOW THEY HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM LOOK HOW THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER! JUST BECAUSE THEIR OPPRESSORS PROVIDE THEM JOBS AND AN OPPRESSING SYSTEM THAT THEY (AFROAMEROS) THEMSELVES DID NOT BUILD SMH WHERE IS YOUR LAND BRO WHERE IS YOUR LANGUAGE WHERE IS YOUR GOD????? SIERRA LEONE YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS YOU! YOU ARE SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE COUNTRY! LOOK AT YOUR WOMEN AND LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AT YOUR MEN THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL STATE IN AMERICA RATHER THEY BE RICH OR POOR THEY ARE CRITICALLY POOR INSIDE MENTALLY PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY POOR .... THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SIERRA LEONE IS A COUNTRY OF FREED SLAVES AND SLAVES THAT GAINED THEIR FREEDOM THROUGH FIGHTING AND WAR THEY ARE THE ISRAELITES JUST LIKE YOU ARE ISRAELITES IN AMERICA WHO WONT GET IT TOGETHER UNTIL THEIR MESSIAH COMES......... EVERYONE! BLACK AMERICA IS SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE LAND AND COUNTRY!!! THIS MAN HAS NO ROOM TO TALK!!!!! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@markmensah7133]

My wife is going to travel to Sierra Leone for business for 3 weeks with my son. How safe is it out there

[@umarumarah4125]

This is the only way we can creat a change in Sierra Leone then please make sure you don't invest all your fund in it I prefer you start by building a team and start small with a particular kind of investment but I advise you start with Agriculture and try to take a police gun man to guide your farm look rice is currently sold at 800,000 old Leone and 8000 new Leone so can you imagine

[@umarumarah4125]

Sierra Leone is safe no doubt

[@maradonapierre7282]

Good for you my brother ✊🏾

[@acecardinal]

Not all love is about praise, some love is tough love. Our brother just gave Sierra Leone some tough love, and I think there's a lack of this in the African KZbinr community.

[@jacktack77]

THE FACT THAT A BLACK AMERICAN WHO HAS NO NATIONALITY NO HERITAGE NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE HE BELONGS ON THE CONTINENT CAN FORGET THE STATE OF MISERY THAT HIS OWN CORNER OF PEOPLE ARE IN.. LOOK HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS HATE ONE ANOTHER LOOK HOW THEY HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM LOOK HOW THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER! JUST BECAUSE THEIR OPPRESSORS PROVIDE THEM JOBS AND AN OPPRESSING SYSTEM THAT THEY (AFROAMEROS) THEMSELVES DID NOT BUILD SMH WHERE IS YOUR LAND BRO WHERE IS YOUR LANGUAGE WHERE IS YOUR GOD????? SIERRA LEONE YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS YOU! YOU ARE SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE COUNTRY! LOOK AT YOUR WOMEN AND LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AT YOUR MEN THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL STATE IN AMERICA RATHER THEY BE RICH OR POOR THEY ARE CRITICALLY POOR INSIDE MENTALLY PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY POOR .... THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SIERRA LEONE IS A COUNTRY OF FREED SLAVES AND SLAVES THAT GAINED THEIR FREEDOM THROUGH FIGHTING AND WAR THEY ARE THE ISRAELITES JUST LIKE YOU ARE ISRAELITES IN AMERICA WHO WONT GET IT TOGETHER UNTIL THEIR MESSIAH COMES......... EVERYONE! BLACK AMERICA IS SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE LAND AND COUNTRY!!! THIS MAN HAS NO ROOM TO TALK!!!!! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@dturay8750]

As a black American living in Sierra Leone since 2019 you summed up everything I have observed 1. A country without love - if I win you must lose thinking 2. I have stepped into a time warp or a place that time has forgotten 3. Everyone argues for APC or SLPP but pay little attention that it is the year 2021 and people are bathing, pissing and cooking outside in the same place 4. A place without rules or laws anything goes. 5. People are powerless and refuse to take ownership so they blame government and do nothing. Good video I hope things will turn around for this beautiful country.

[@lyricalisaac2003]

Heart breaking to the least! The government (especially!) & citizens both have their roles to play in making things better for all.

[@cryptowalk1387]

Poverty has nothing to do with a ppl maintaining cleanliness.

[@doctorfeline9911]

@@cryptowalk1387 Being impoverished is a MENTALITY 1ST. it's spiritual darkness/blindness. They're cut off from life (healthy mental processing) they lack insight & see no value in themselves and therefore don't value the things that do matter in life which makes way for opportunities to come, in order that they may do well with the little they have. Stewarding little, grants access to wisdom that's needed during proper growth & development Eventually making way for healthy progressive wealth building to take place within small communities at local levels. so Yes.... it does matter

[@stonecold7875]

Maya Angelou said when you know better you can do better. How can we help our brothers and sisters? Talk is cheap. There are a lots of small things we can do now. Can we organize a clean up the country campaign? Think Big start small.

[@VanillaStrawberry1343]

That is AFRICA....

[@jasminejudah7388]

I lived in Sierra Leone for few years. The filth, thrash, poverty, and theft. People should come together and make a change.

[@blackheart1137x]

1998…?

[@jasminec3654]

Jasmine Judah Sierra Leone was beautiful right up to the early nineties Freetown was a beautiful city and nobody beg money Your short Stay don't make u and expert

[@alaffyacole9738]

Go black to Africa, let me first of all give you a thumbs up for all you are doing to highlight Africa. I am Sierra Leonean, myself and sadly I absolutely agree with everything you had to say. I think most honest Sierra Leoneans would admit to this fact. The truth might be hard to accept. But only the truth will set us free from our crisis. I moved from Freetown years ago and live in a little village. Our people are, as you rightly pointed out, very hard working and deserve so much more. It's so frustrating seeing such a beautiful country and people being abused in this way. I will be back home in a few months and intend on continuing what I do to educate and help develop the village where I live in hygiene. It's been a mission of mine for years and will continue. I would like to congratulate you once again and thank you for your honest opinions. Bravo my brother.

[@504Tendaji]

✊🏾

[@ireneb9830]

More power to you. If only more people could think like you there would definitely be a change in a nearer future.

[@alaffyacole9738]

Blessings to you my sister. The truth will always set us free 🙂

[@maxa6453]

The problem is there. Everyone can see it. No one knows the solution.

[@rikkmon]

Hello. I am going to SL later in the year on a mission to help. I was wondering if we could talk as I would like to get some insights on the current state of things. I am in Jamaica.

[@Discoverlondon101]

Their is no regulation no structure, no water, no electricity lack of basic necessities in Sierra Leone is luxury. Lot of beautiful people with great potential, but never get to see their dreams come alive.

[@lionface1364]

I left los angeles for sierra leone 11 years ago. This video is on point. He is truthful in his account. Great video

[@nurturingglobal2local473]

I was born and raised in Eritrea, which used to be part of Ethiopia. We were poor, fortunately everything and anything was/ is made local, as a result the healthiest, safest and cleanest, no police, by the way I am herbalist, chef, nutritionist and I earned my 30+master degree from this place. Unfortunately many countries in Africa, they trash everything and anything made local, buy trash made from outside. Yes, we can blame the government, but the big problem is the ignorance sleeping mass nobody force them to buy..

[@kindembelekalupeteka2257]

this is not realy goblack2africa and please not gowestmindset 2Africa,

[@goodlife2011full]

@@akemegbebu7807 Eritrea is absolutely beautiful. The people are as solid as can be and the land is breathtaking.

[@samuelghebreghiorgis5603]

@@akemegbebu7807 U r wright. Am from Eritrea, a country that loses its youth in drove every month. There is nothing positive you can take about this small and poor country and abused population by one man and his clique. Good day bro

[@jawabundu]

Thanks GoBlack for sharing this painful truth. As a Sierra Leonean, I share your experiences in Sierra Leone. This is what many of us from that beautiful country have been sharing for years, but falling on deaf ears. Sadly, all what you eloquently highlighted were some of the reasons for a decade long Civil War in the 90s. Our so called leaders learn nothing from that calamity. Our people are hard working, kind, loving absolutely deserves better. Every government since independence from Britain in 1961 has taken advantage of the people. Every single government we've had thrives on promoting tribal and regional divisions. The only reason there will never be a tribal war is because the vast majority of the Sierra Leonean people will never stand for it. Yes, we quarrel and many times, we argue a lot. But at the end of the day, the love we have for each other trumps the politicians desire for a tribal and regional division. We will keep fighting the good fight. We will keep advocating for a drastic change. We truly appreciate your visit. I hope we'll have many more like these, adding weight to our cries, and high lighting the chronically corrupt system that's literally killing us day in and day out.

[@daphnegabriel6767]

Oh no. That is so sad. Charity begins at home. Cleanliness.

[@tuforu4]

Who is getting the DIAMONDS NOW...

[@annmccurdy4401]

The citizens are the ones that the malaria will affected so they must take pride and unite to keep the area clean. Best burn the garbage instead of dumping it in the river .the ppl need to be educated about cleanliness since government dont care.thats total eye sore .

[@dmack7328]

Civil war's break my heart. We can all get along, Dang

[@nmg1909]

@@annmccurdy4401 It is the duty of the government to enforce cleanliness and the people have no choice but to obey it. But when government fails in its responsibility, the people behave zig zag. And you the saying cleanest is next godliness. Anywhere you see dirtiness, just know poverty prevailed in that place.

[@redseayouth9119]

GoBlack2Africa, after watching your report on Freetown, it made me realise that I need to appreciate my city Asmara (Eritrea) which is one of the cleanest, safest and least corrupt countries in Africa.

[@alfonsom8286]

The first and only country in Africa that I visited was Eritrea (1995) things were very difficult for the people but one thing that stuck me was the UNITY and support amongst the people. I saw families sleeping outside but all caring for each others well being. I was in the U.S. Marines at that time (only there for four days, non confrontational), I remember EVERY one of us African American brothers were DEEPLY effected by what we saw and experienced. I have always said that when I return to Africa, the first country that I want to see will be Eritrea, I want to see the positive changes after so many years.

[@kallo71]

Red Sea Youth, you are missing the point, this is not about putting down a n African country and praise another one. This is about upraising whole Africa. When one country of Africa is down the whole Africa is down. In this new generation, Let us see Africa as one mighty country

[@kwakuakonto8942]

Do you have freedom in Eritrea

[@sicklion2354]

Keep on trashing people countries, and make money on KZbin

[@cypriantertullian7495]

@@kallo71 ...I totally agree. It's not about I'm better than you, competition. We need to start seeing Africa as one country. We all need to hold the SL leadership accountable and also find ways to help our brothers and sisters in Sierra Leon, in whatever way we can.

[@kelvinhardy6711]

As an African American, Sierra Leone will always have a special place in my heart-( as it was the first African country I ever stepped foot in). If ever the country can get its act together, there will be no limit to how far the country build up. Natural beauty, hills, water, lagoons ,friendly people. And let's not forget the food. Oh my God! Sierra Leone has some of the most delicious food on planet earth.

[@plumjade4584]

romanticism does not change conditions on the ground with the masses

[@AnomalyBelleza]

@@plumjade4584 Thank you.

[@PhedelCastro]

The only reason you know how great the food is because you are wealthy from living in the white mans country

[@keithwilliams1243]

You are not an African/American, you are an American.

[@justindavis6515]

Same here as a black American, salone was the first African country I ever step foot as well. I feel your statement

[@osmanbah7470]

I’m a Sierra Leonean and I’m sad to say that this guy is 99% correct. The only reason I say 99% percent is that the people themselves are to blame. This is because those who are elected into office, are from the pool of citizens that dwell here. I live here in Freetown. The mentality of Sierra Leoneans have been warped in a way that will be difficult to change. We as a people lack the capability to Manage anything. We cannot manage anything well enough for it to be sustainable. This is because the education is inherently flawed. For generations, cognitive development in young children has been almost non- existent. We have been taught to remember, rather than to learn. People lack the ability to think critically because of the top down approach and as a result, they lack the ability to solve the problems that we are currently facing. I can go into detail as to the causes but if I propose a solution, I’m sure that will scare you more.

[@lindywinthrop8260]

Tell us the solution.

[@lutaloenock7249]

Waiting to hear your solution...

[@festusbojangles7027]

whats the solution? knock it down and start again?

[@albertkonandoyle3152]

Whatever their mentality, do you think they will change for you or the people need to make the change. They won't go without a fight.

[@PlasmaKin0000]

You are 100% correct osman,spoken like an intellectual and socially aware individual,i went to school in mama salone and attended two of our universities,I was basically always the odd one out because of my thought process.Our education system is set up to fail from the start,only a handful of institutions can claim to at least try modern forms of education,so basically most sierral leoneans are stuck in the same backwards thinking from ages ago,they dont know how to critically analyze and come to the most basic sensible conclusions.

[@jm6566]

Thank you for this analysis. I'm praying this will shake many deluded Sierra Leoneans to the core. You can't keep hiding behind beaches and the excuse of the civil war. Like GoBlack states the provinces and villages are the only places where there's cleanliness, clean air and order. And those village folks have very little but they take pride in their surroundings. Finally a brutality honest and accurate account of Freetown. Hope those folks sit up and finally wake up to the filth enveloping the city.

[@ruqayyahcurtis7504]

Thank you for this review. This is an opportunity for us as Africans in America to create, invest and revitalize this country. Thete are many reasons and excuses, but the main problem is the government! They ( the people in government) remain corrupt and have a colonized mentality. There are old ties with European colonizers who use the money and resources for their own purposes!! That is where the money goes ! Let’s wake the people up! Get the colonizers out of West Africa forever! Get out!

[@ruqayyahcurtis7504]

I would like to know where is the place you are filming from in this report? Is that a city on the East coast in the states?

[@francis7309]

0I love this reassuring verse from God's word: "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." - Philippians 4:13 Our Father God is always with us!

[@exquisitecaribbeanqueen7198]

Wow.

[@tuforu4]

@@ruqayyahcurtis7504 are you not taking your MEDS. count all the Colonialists arriving there...

[@NoToPoverty]

All these challenges present a major business opportunity for the socially conscious. Electricity --> solar panel assembly on the ground, Trash --> plastic and paper recycling, Food shortage --> grow local.

[@HoodsGlobal]

Bravo...bravo...bravo! You nailed it. The diaspora should be evaluating Africa for business opportunity instead of levying criticism.

[@someoneblack8921]

Lol I am already working on it. But there are some political blockages which u of course no nothing about.

[@michaeljohnson6752]

@@someoneblack8921 like what I’m considering setting up there?

[@hawajawara8395]

​@@HoodsGlobal evaluating is one thing for some of us that have love for that country even when u trying to make a difference in opinion much more developmental thinking people are still stuck in the political mess and backwardness and that the majority it pains me and make me sick..

[@PlasmaKin0000]

@Hawa Jawara you speak correctly,it is going to take a lot of people and a lot of effort to change the way Sierra leoneans think,even in the diaspora

[@MichaelThomas-ko5vq]

As a Sierraleonean myself, this has been happening for decades it's just getting worse. Politicians have ruined the country and their is no end in sight. Sierra leone is blessed with so much natural resources, but yet still the people are suffering BIG TIME. We rely heavily on importation, even the staple food rice is imported. Which is been mainly done by the Lebanese. Few Sierraleoneans have tried and failed to be involved in agriculture, importation etc. Because everything is about politics These so called Politicians are in the pockets of these Indians and Lebanese. The only way Sierra leone can start to see some light is by us coming together and saying WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS. Our people need to wake up. Elections are just round the corner, these same people who are living in these deplorable conditions will be the ones dancing for these politicians because they've been given a bag of rice. This happens all the time. That's why I say our people need to wake up. Nobody can change Sierra leone, but Sierraleoneans themselves

[@raysun7563]

You need to protest! Until you start fighting no one will fight for you. You need to find that courage in yourselves. You have the power to change this. You must unite against your government.

[@fabbeyonddadancer]

Is this really true . Are there channels that speak on this

[@maxa6453]

when one hears of Lebanese controlling or monopolizing commence in some African country it causes the blood to boil! Africans rise up!

[@maxa6453]

@@fabbeyonddadancer is wha true?

[@Eradeye]

Poor sanitation causes diseases. They need a leader like Rwanda.

[@kelkel8924]

You own my %1,000,000 respect Bro, I was born and raised in Sierra Leone but now I live in Australia 🇦🇺. I was crying yesterday to a friend from Europe on how the Government are Robbing the people. They can’t even afford to give basic necessities which every live wants. I hope this video get a million viewers in a month time 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@kikikeel7695]

It's easy to blame governments but governments are created by the societies they are governing. Ask yourself if things will change if you your child, friend, family member were in that position? The mindset of the people need to change in order to create good leadership.

[@e.viciousfifaking7367]

Your words broke my heart my Brother Africa has to Unite so that we can controll our own fate and even then some to much suffering has already taken place .. Peace and love

[@faebalina7786]

We may die waiting on these governments If they have no money for us or won’t give it to us then forget them until they get it together We have to take ownership of our development

[@jacktack77]

THE FACT THAT A BLACK AMERICAN WHO HAS NO NATIONALITY NO HERITAGE NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE HE BELONGS ON THE CONTINENT CAN FORGET THE STATE OF MISERY THAT HIS OWN CORNER OF PEOPLE ARE IN.. LOOK HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS HATE ONE ANOTHER LOOK HOW THEY HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM LOOK HOW THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER! JUST BECAUSE THEIR OPPRESSORS PROVIDE THEM JOBS AND AN OPPRESSING SYSTEM THAT THEY (AFROAMEROS) THEMSELVES DID NOT BUILD SMH WHERE IS YOUR LAND BRO WHERE IS YOUR LANGUAGE WHERE IS YOUR GOD????? SIERRA LEONE YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS YOU! YOU ARE SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE COUNTRY! LOOK AT YOUR WOMEN AND LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AT YOUR MEN THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL STATE IN AMERICA RATHER THEY BE RICH OR POOR THEY ARE CRITICALLY POOR INSIDE MENTALLY PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY POOR .... THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SIERRA LEONE IS A COUNTRY OF FREED SLAVES AND SLAVES THAT GAINED THEIR FREEDOM THROUGH FIGHTING AND WAR THEY ARE THE ISRAELITES JUST LIKE YOU ARE ISRAELITES IN AMERICA WHO WONT GET IT TOGETHER UNTIL THEIR MESSIAH COMES......... EVERYONE! BLACK AMERICA IS SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE LAND AND COUNTRY!!! THIS MAN HAS NO ROOM TO TALK!!!!! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@jacktack77]

@@kikikeel7695 THE FACT THAT A BLACK AMERICAN WHO HAS NO NATIONALITY NO HERITAGE NOT EVEN KNOWING WHERE HE BELONGS ON THE CONTINENT CAN FORGET THE STATE OF MISERY THAT HIS OWN CORNER OF PEOPLE ARE IN.. LOOK HOW AFRICAN AMERICANS HATE ONE ANOTHER LOOK HOW THEY HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY'RE FROM LOOK HOW THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER! JUST BECAUSE THEIR OPPRESSORS PROVIDE THEM JOBS AND AN OPPRESSING SYSTEM THAT THEY (AFROAMEROS) THEMSELVES DID NOT BUILD SMH WHERE IS YOUR LAND BRO WHERE IS YOUR LANGUAGE WHERE IS YOUR GOD????? SIERRA LEONE YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IS YOU! YOU ARE SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE COUNTRY! LOOK AT YOUR WOMEN AND LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AT YOUR MEN THEY ARE IN A CRITICAL STATE IN AMERICA RATHER THEY BE RICH OR POOR THEY ARE CRITICALLY POOR INSIDE MENTALLY PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY POOR .... THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SIERRA LEONE IS A COUNTRY OF FREED SLAVES AND SLAVES THAT GAINED THEIR FREEDOM THROUGH FIGHTING AND WAR THEY ARE THE ISRAELITES JUST LIKE YOU ARE ISRAELITES IN AMERICA WHO WONT GET IT TOGETHER UNTIL THEIR MESSIAH COMES......... EVERYONE! BLACK AMERICA IS SIERRA LEONE WITHOUT THE LAND AND COUNTRY!!! THIS MAN HAS NO ROOM TO TALK!!!!! 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@keepitreal888-gnc]

Believe me, this is not just Africa. There are some part of the Caribbean where the government only care about the area for the tourist, but left the local people to develop their own infrastructure. Black people in the Caribbean are also suffering.

[@chadcapitol6674]

Fi real..a facts yu a state mi FAM.🤔

[@tlfa5554]

@@l.t.3857 but what causes gangs and criminality ? Its the poverty and lack of oportunities , maybe if the government was doing its job the gangs and crimes would decrease

[@CC-rz1kp]

Bribery from the Airport spells corruption all day

[@CC-rz1kp]

The Carribbean countries are getting currupt

[@CC-rz1kp]

The people need to start helping with the garbage cleaning if Government is no taking care of this issues... why our Gouvernmen people sill dumb ...when will African Learn.

[@SaloneGIB]

It takes visionaries, men and women with integrity to build a nation. The folks who are at the helm of things lack those credentials in Sierra Leone. We cannot continue to rest our hope for a solution to Sierra Leone’s problems on men and women who are motivated by greed with schemes to get rich overnight through politics.

[@kelkel8924]

True talk %100

[@maxa6453]

those types of leaders are all around West Africa. not limited to Sierra Leone

[@lindae7013]

Very sad, but the mindset of being constantly being in survival mode, is hard to break

[@justinamusyoka4986]

Outside powers contributed alot in sabotage till people lost direction. The second university in the world was in Sierra Leone after Timbuktu.

[@PlasmaKin0000]

God bless you for those words linda,it is difficult to break people away from that mental state,everybody is just thinking about their now,no one has vision

[@samuelagahiu409]

Thank you for your work. That was a painful, candid and truthful video. As a West African, I too have seen and experienced the same. We try to put the best spin on the sadness and poverty that we witness. We have work to do, I’ll start with myself. Thanks again.

[@MrOu83]

Samuel - Bless your heart. Indeed, let change begin with you. Best wishes.

[@maxa6453]

@@MrOu83 and you too

[@ampofo64]

from Ghana worked in Sierra Leon for 2 years, what I noticed, all the problems there are from the war, the war there was different from wars in other African countries like Rwanda. Their war did not bring Unity but social division. They went through the war at the time the technological revolution was taking place all over the world. From 1979 to date the world has changed so much. It's not easy rebuilding the country but with strong leadership it's possible. My Salon Brothers & Sisters, it's possible to bring a positive change . "One love Africa"

[@cmathews5909]

Christian, thank you!!! The whole time he was talking, I was thinking wasn't this country in civil war for decades and why doesn't this guy know this? If I recall correctly, the war ended in 2010.

[@mustaphamomoduallieubah8466]

Thank you my brother! You have said it all..

[@maxa6453]

@@cmathews5909 2010?

[@maxa6453]

The war ended a long time ago. How developed was Sierra Leone before the war?

[@cmathews5909]

Canning tomatoes

[@schoolfees]

💯 % agreed with every word you’ve said my brother. I was in Freetown back in June for 2 weeks, day 2 of my vacation I was in tears..The poverty level is beyond belief!!

[@tvs9978]

What do you expect of a country that was torn apart by civil war for years? When they were suffering, did you even care at the time?

[@murielodette2995]

@@tvs9978 HOW MANY OF US KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE,,WOULD AMERICANS CARE??

[@tvs9978]

@@murielodette2995 you knew so spare me the bs. There were news reports everyday. You didn't give a hoot then and still don't.

[@MrOu83]

@@tvs9978 - It’s been nearly 20 years since the civil war in Sierra Leone, and yet, not much as changed. Continuing to use the civil war excuse will keep Sierra Leone in its current state. As he stated in the video, what’s going on now in SE is corruption, greed and lack of respect for the people of SE by its leaders. The war excuse has become old & tired.

[@watulukamedia6724]

@@tvs9978 Why do we always expect other people to care, Rwanda has civil war/genocide, the country today is far much better than most countries. People can’t even farm chicken in salone, that’s not right

[@johnhurd3257]

Ohio! Thanks for sharing your thoughts about everything you saw in that nation. You definitely prepare us for our trips to West Africa. You tell us what we probably hope to never hear in many ways. I appreciate your spirit. I feel the conditions are even worse than what you have said, just by how you're showing us. It's painful to know. Stay strong. You are planting some serious good seeds for some nations that need awakening. I hope a million people watch your vids and then make a change.:)

[@andycyrusac]

They will never awake because no matter what the education they have they never change their mindset

[@hadiatukamara744]

@@andycyrusac Wow!

[@Beacons-of-Light-JustBeIT]

What most Afrikan nations need to fix right now in my own opinion are Trash Problems, Roads, Health Care, Education System, Insufficient Power Supply, Unemployment, and Water Treatment Issues. There are others but right now we need these things urgently.

[@lindaj7167]

Absolutely

[@Beacons-of-Light-JustBeIT]

@Kla Boi Not just Sierra Leone, most of West Africa is like this. Open gutters, trash infested, insufficient power supply, bad roads, non-existent health care system, political calamity, unemployment upheaval, etc.

[@stevenajifoh6723]

True

[@kwameasante6169]

That sounds like the entire infrastructure. Governments are responsible for those things

[@ImmigrantsRus]

Utter incompetence! Magafuli would have showed up unannounced and publicly roast these local pocket lining city council members had this been Tanzania. How we miss that man, RIP Return to African strong authority figure might be only our answer to lot of problems like this one. Accountability matters

[@xamael1989]

A strong country built by strong institutions not individuals

[@ImmigrantsRus]

@@xamael1989 I agree, but that concept is easier said than done in Africa.

[@maxa6453]

how developed is Tanzania

[@amberice7383]

I just saw a video that was done in the Gambia where this young lady has a business raising poultry and selling eggs that is going out of business because of Covid and the hotels not being full. She could be selling her chickens to Sierra Leone instead of them SL purchasing year-old chickens from the West. Africa can help Africa. That is too bad.

[@dokotelam7207]

Sometimes is issue of knowing and have that infrastructure to transport chicken from Gambia, they can also have their own chicken farms and create jobs home...most importantly , African countries are independent from each other and they have choice to choose what is best for themselves... something I see other people putting Africa in one box like is one country, even before colonizer Africa was dividend by kingdoms, you can't just go anywhere and say "I'm African", the better most people understand the diversity the faster African can start thinking about how they can help each other to develop with mutual understanding

[@Rakonre]

I agree with you but transportation and border controls are big impediments

[@jm6566]

Unfortunately transporting her stock to Sierra Leone would be an issue. Bribery at border control. And the guy who has the monopoly on supplying the chickens to restaurants and shops in Sierra Leone( imagine only one man....) will cause problems for her.

[@maxa6453]

inter trade among African countries is less than 10%

[@jonthanlampkin5374]

The real goverment is us governing ourselves we gotta build our pride up some how some way

[@marvajuliette1032]

💥🎯🙋

[@williamgamelisenaya793]

It never cease to amaze me why governments in West African countries don't have the guts to ban the use of plastic bags like East African countries have for some years now. It'll take the political will to initiate a progressive policy like this. The people deserve better,I agree with you totally on this. Bless up. Watching from Sydney

[@RaphaelNyaboga]

East Africa has a will

[@christoperbazen5912]

Sad reality I saw the same in Liberia. The pollution and filth in some of these African countries are awful. The people must rise up somehow to change this situation. The white supremacists and their helpers will promote this African corruption and failure. Thanks for the honesty.

[@alfredb2849]

We need to ask the elites questions. The country's problems is beyond the people don't deceive yourselves. We need the greatest intervention

[@marcellogenesi6390]

Them white Supremacist are everywhere, they are to blame, gee!!! And there was me thinking that they only live in the US. Just how many white people live in Sierra Leone, millions?

[@marcellogenesi6390]

@Nikky T South Africa would not exist if the whites where not there, all the mineral are only valuable because me made them so, or they would be still underground. Do you use electricity? without a doubt the greatest gift that white European have given to the rest of mankind. Have you or a member of your family ever had the need of Exray, Scan, or penicillin? What about transport , car , motorcycle train, airplanes. Radio waves, Television, rockets to place commercial satellites in to orbit. Because of electricity and penicillin, medical advances have saved millions of people of all races, including blacks. Repeat, MILLIONS! Including maybe a member of your family.

[@fbohannon2]

@@marcellogenesi6390 you obviously invented "ignorance" and the term "asleep".🛌

[@marcellogenesi6390]

@@fbohannon2 Throwing, asinine insult at me without challenging, my arguments, shows the limit of your intelligence. Nice not knowing you.

[@marietaylor5174]

This was heartbreaking to watch! I can see that that country really affected you in a profound way. As I said before, we are our worst enemy. I don't think I could visit that area because I am not well.

[@QueenBaha]

Thank you for every single video you post…I am enormously surprised bec that’s not what’s shown…but then again…that’s here too. We appreciate you🌸

[@rooticalmakonalionofficial4272]

As a Sierra Leonean and Guinean national, I’m equally appalled by the panhandling attitude of some of us, especially our government and public servants that should serve as a great example. Airports and other ports of entry are the first perception and clue of a country’s wellbeing for visitors and potential foreign investment opportunities and therefore should be of optimum care. Thanks for this great video. Will definitely share to every public forum and government official I know. Hopefully someone will listen and take action this time. Any government worker or private contractor committing or soliciting such despicable acts should be prosecuted and punished.

[@chernorbah1873]

My brother this guy said it all.Government is absent

[@jm6566]

Please share this video with as many of them as possible. I'm tired of being called a sellout just for pointing out these things. They literally want to ignore the filth, corruption and lack if infrastructure.

[@rooticalmakonalionofficial4272]

@@chernorbah1873 Sure Indeed, Bro. Fortunately, I’ve seen miracles happen when voices on the internet and social media get louder beyond National and Continental borders.

[@universalsuccess3776]

We need Mass Cleanup Parties. EVERYONE needs to play a part. And this is for All Countries. It's our responsibility! When you look good, you feel good. Poverty is also a mindset. When you live in a infested slum, you feel like you live in a infested slum

[@anitahollman8299]

Right my Brothers. Team effort. Why do they make One man shout so long? People action!!!!

[@dmcarden]

I'm with you on that! It makes such a difference

[@laron9817]

You know the old saying, Team Work, makes the Dream Work🤣🤣 but seriously tho

[@queenofsheba357]

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE with EVERYTHING he said! I seen it firsthand! My trip there was a very humbling experience! It’s hard to believe that in 2020 it looked like 1820… The people blame it on the past regime but the thing is, if u keep blaming it on the past regime you’ll stay in your current condition! I wish he would’ve gone to some of them schools ~~ OMG! Those schools made me wanna cry… Bo is the second largest city in Sierra Leone and they haven’t had electricity in TWO WEEKS!!! It’s heartbreaking

[@jm6566]

And funnily enough Bo tend to have electricity more than Freetown. When I was young we'd go for 6/8wks with no electricity in Freetown. They'd been building a hydro dam to supply electricity since 1975. Turns out the ones with the contract were too busy mining fo minerals especially gold. Comple disgrace..

[@queenofsheba357]

@@jm6566 that’s insane!

[@Surestart106]

I'm so embarrassed as I'm watching your video as a Sierra Leonean. You are 100% right. I can't even visit for a month in my own country, that's now deplorable it is, it's a death sentence.

[@ampofo64]

If you don't visit would there be a change. ?.

[@PlasmaKin0000]

Good question christian osei-ampofo,though i wouldnt blame her for thinking so,but its high time we as the sierra leonean diaspora brought the fight home

[@fabbeyonddadancer]

Where do you live now

[@fred_fred_fred]

A death sentence because it's polluted or because you are likely to be a victim of crime?

[@xena6894]

@@ampofo64 good point

[@pmartialartsx]

Wow, as a Sierra Leonean in US; thumbs up for this. Now, many Africans can also delineate the issues as you did but no solutions. I purchased a few acres in a village with a beautiful beach. Unfortunately the beach front was sold out to Asians and Lebanese so I had to settle for the back of the beach. I will like to have partners or investors to work together to develop the village and not wait for the government to do so but trying to get black people from West African decent as our the US historically native blacks is next to impossible. I have thriving small businesses here in the US of which I owe some of the credit to my white and Asian staff mostly. Some of the Africans I have worked with over the years have I guess brotherly love but unfortunately very little to no sense of honor or cooperation. I have tried and still trying to find some fellow black people that will understand that everyone doesn’t have to be a CEO. We can all contribute in different areas as a team to build something bigger that us individually. If anybody is interested in working together and building up the village in question, DM me.

[@rikkmon]

Hello, I will be going to SL to help later this year. Could we talk a little so I could understand better current state of the country? I am in Jamaica.

[@fatousall5809]

Why !! Sierra Leone is one of the richest countries in west Africa, You name it they have it, Diamonds, Gold, Taitanium, and rubber. Hoping and praying things change for the good. Beautiful country.

[@jm6566]

Richest country in minerals but with the poorest mindsets to government it. Its like a curse on the country and its been going on since the 70s.

[@iamarethaLynette]

Visited there prior to relocating to The Gambia. I have the same review. The poverty broke me. And that was the very first day. We chose to live in Gambia and it is a little better. However, I am amazed at how the people just accept the poor conditions. You can live cheaply, however you are paying for many inconveniences.

[@friendlyneighborhoodsuper]

Hi. Read your comment. My wife and I are relocating to Sierra Leone in February 2022. If I may ask, what made you choose Gambia over S.L.

[@kabbabrema2866]

@@friendlyneighborhoodsuper Gambia is cheaper and reasonable to live, primarily because of the ease of doing business or bringing in your commodities through the ports. Life in Sierra Leone has been made difficult and poorer because of the rogue entities at the entry ports both seaport and airport.

[@leahjohn7175]

Thank you so much for raising awareness to some of the struggles facing our ppl. God bless my sweet Sierra Leone. We will rise to greatness and prosperity.

[@michaeljohnson6752]

I’m from the UK and worked in Sierra Leone for 3 months supporting businesses. What he said is 100% the truth. It broke my heart seeing toddlers playing next to open sewers. No support for the disabled or elderly, pollution, trash I could go on forever. On the flip side the provinces such as BO are so beautiful. But I’m scared ones freetonians move there it too will be trashed. We need to change our mindset only then.

[@antowalk2743]

What I love about this brother is that he is fair and loves African people. We need to build a platform where people on the ground can work with us to build communities.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

LOL!!! I am a Sa Lone man living abroad. If someone abroad asks me to recommend a place to visit or live in Africa present day Sierra Leone WILL NOT be among my top ten places. So I am not offended by your honest review at all.

[@collinsgyimah2832]

I hope Dynast Amir is watching

[@taharka3897]

and to think its a very mineral rich country with beautiful terrain like mountains and water ways. SIERRA LEONE 🇸🇱 YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE

[@murielodette2995]

MAYBE THEY WILL WAKE UP LIKE GHANA DID AND PURCHASED MANY SANITATION VEHIECLES,,WHEN PEOPLE ON YOU TUBE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FLITY SITUATION,,,

[@africaine4889]

They have lots of diamonds there

[@jm6566]

@@africaine4889 which has been their complete downfall. We need to stop digging up that country and clean it up.

[@jimparsons931]

Eloquent, perceptive, moving commentary. Thank you.

[@Tebstechpodcast]

Thanks for being honest. The only way to fix a problem is to admit the truth

[@abdulsharif6541]

Thank You for the information. I am planning to visit Sierra Leone🇸🇱 and Liberia🇱🇷

[@laminsesay2359]

As a native Sierra Leonean I could not agree more with your analysis and observations of Sierra Leone. I’m glad these observations are from a foreigner with no vested interest in the country otherwise you would have been labelled an opposition sympathiser. Having said that you are right on point with everything you said. I can see you were touched by the poor hygiene standards, inadequate infrastructure and poverty levels. I just hope someone in government sees this video and hopefully care enough to take steps towards addressing these perennial problems that have bedevilled the country since independence.

[@MrEmmanueldje]

💯😂😀✅so true. it sad bro.

[@dadao8564]

Keep hoping on that non existant gouvernment...

[@kallo71]

Thank you for your honesty. I saw a lot of comments on the Sierra Leone’s government, but the truth is, this video is a call for the DIASPORA ( African Americans, Jamaican, African Europeans….) to tackle these social issues in Sierra Leone. We need a lot Akon in every single country in AFRICA. Most of you expect to Africa to miraculously like the west. No, it is not the way it works. Look at Asia. Who made Asia what Asia is today?? It is the Asians from the Diaspora!! If we want to be respected like the Asians or others, we must uplift AFRICA, it’s imperative for our survival and dignity in this world. Again thank you very much brother, respect.

[@truthbetold3889]

Honest opinion much appreciated.

[@lorrainestephenson5835]

Not every thing you blame on the government it's the community responsibility to help keep a very clean environment,,

[@lezzulee]

Thanks for this honest insight into this region of Africa. Hope they are listening to your concerns..

[@chroniclesofMumbi]

Am sharing your channel with my followers

[@RogerSanGabriel]

They have to put in the work. No traffic lights yikes brother thanks for telling me. I heard some of the best food in West Africa was in Sierra Leone. I always wanted to go to try the food. Stay safe brother and thanks for your honesty.

[@battlements7649]

'That's an indication that people are struggling.' I can tell, this being the first time viewing your content that you're an intelligent man. I agree with your observation- it is is a true reflection.

[@errolduncan9305]

My brother thank goodness, you are putting the focus on the problem.

[@winifredprincesskpakiwa5698]

Thank you very much for sharing the truthfully experiences about Sierra Leone🇸🇱

[@ewuramajefferson7907]

GB2A…… has spoken the truth again. I was just there 4 days ago. I gained my citizenship while there, and I’m very proud of that….. But know Im so heartbroken on where to start. There is so much that needs to take place. So much has been taken away from SL. There are so many beautiful hard working intelligent people, I’m just shook!!! But starting with cleaning up the peoples mindset, then the government and moving straight into cleaning all the waste will be the best start in my opinion. I will do my part with likeminded people🙏🏾♥️🙏🏾♥️🇸🇱

[@williammckenna9028]

My brother listening to you talking it sound like you’re describing Haiti 🇭🇹. I been to Sierra Leone 🇸🇱, I walk four miles to a village in Cono.

[@edenmali9111]

Absolutely 💯 right about everything! As a Sierra Leonean it is sad to see even others notice all of this about our suppose to be home sweet home. If only the mentality changes both for the people and the government! God help us🙏🏾

[@kelkel8924]

This video made me cry 😭 and I’m one of your newly subscribers .

[@leggyReid4c]

The easiest solution is to build mud houses. Thats how Africans have always known how to live and its best for the environment as well. Mud is free and its everywhere....

[@chadcapitol6674]

You are soo on point ☝! I'm doing the research to build one for my FAM.wish me luck

[@nojo8296]

Wow you really have low expectations for Africans.

[@marishy88]

@@nojo8296 I don’t think so. I am African American and also a Sierra Leone citizen and there is nothing wrong with mud houses in my opinion. I actually want to build a modern mud house over in Salone. Modern mud houses are beautiful and something our ancestors built. There are environmental friendly and natural. We need to learn to take care the earth. If we don’t learn to take care the earth, what do you think will happen to us humans? We keep polluting the air, the water is contaminated, spraying the food with pesticides, etc. We are harming beautiful earth. We need to go back to natural living and building naturally. Our ancestors knew what they were doing. 💚💛🌻

[@simpletruth1369]

Brick houses and cement houses should be the norm. Brick houses are the modern versions of mud huts except the bricks are cooked before being used unlike mud housss

[@leggyReid4c]

@@nojo8296 please look up fancy cob houses. Mud houses can be very fancy. I bought land already and I’m preparing to build one.

[@Speedy300]

I am a Sierra Leonean and agree 💯. My family and I are working to improve the standard of living ,developing the infrastructure and creating jobs in our village ; moreover, we the people have to take the initiative to improve our country, not the government.

[@ASims-jt3uv]

Considered that this video is the best video presentation you have done. Thank you.

[@JC-ty3zq]

Hmmm.I HOPE DYNASTY AMIR WATCHES THIS VIDEO.

[@tracywalker244]

Ikr 😞

[@fodaybiro8508]

Thank you GO black to Africa for this important information about our city Freetown.

[@abelgatei]

Brother, I really appreciate you for creating this video; I hope you're not discouraged from continuing this service because of what you discovered about SL. Sometimes, such a courage you put in this video is needed to create an awakening effect and for that, you along with other advocates for productive change in Africa will be secretLy admired by the hndreds of millions who are speechless, due to the threats of violence for speaking out. Thank you once again!

[@juneyah3784]

Hi Black 2Africa-Me Too. Question: Have you heard of Ludo Liu 2. He shows videos as he rides thru the streets of different countries, Africa too just like you. I enjoy and am now well educated by the both of you. Kind and looking brother. I’m so glad to have subscribed with you both. Mr. Liu is very respectful as well as you 2 Black. Love y’all. Peace and stay Amazing.

[@africaine4889]

Is he a black youtuber?

[@juneyah3784]

@@africaine4889 Check him out.

[@88alexis]

Amed Mackie is a Salone vlogger too who shows infrastructure problems in the country. He speaks in Krio but I can understand him😅

[@iseektruth64]

Great question brother! "Where's the money going?" I'm from Kenya, one of the more developed countries that you referred to. Yes, we have come a long way. But we have some of the same problems with infrastructure that most African countries have. Even the most developed ones. Even in Kenya, I am concerned about the "development" going into shiny, flashy buildings and freeways in the main cities, while ignoring the less "sexy", but essential, projects like updating sewage systems and cleaning up urban rivers and developing public spaces. Those are the kinds of things that have the maximum benefit for the maximum number of people over the longest term. A swanky new expressway, that has put us in so much debt, only benefits a small section of Kenyans, even of the total population of Nairobi. At the same time, just getting a reliable supply of clean water to all the residents of the city continues to be a problem. The same thing with electricity. Even in Nairobi blackouts that last days at a time are very common. The swanky new high rise office and apartment buildings woo tenants by assuring them that they have a reliable water supply and on-site generators in case of blackouts! That should tell you all you need to know! Again I ask, "Where's the money going?"

[@billygoat300]

Sounds and looks like the challenges people are facing with garbage and malaria are much a problem than the 'invisible enemy' 🤧😷🤔

[@mimithebantu]

My partner is Sierra Leonean and has such a deep love for his country. But struggles with being pulled to help it, and disillusioned as to how much he can really help.

[@badouba6399]

Well presented! Sierra leon, like many other West-African countries, has been torn by years of civil war and dictatorship. Rebuilding is not that easy due to a lack of true political leadership.

[@jm6566]

The civil war is a poor excuse. Sierra Leone has been decimated by extreme corruption. The pomp and ceremony of government officials. Shoddy business deals and a lack of infrastructure.

[@queenofsheba357]

I heard your current President was turning things around but I didn’t see anything he was doing when I was there 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@jm6566]

@@queenofsheba357 you're so right. I wasn't a fan of his as he was too hellbent on being president. Almost as if it was his God-given right. The party he belongs to, a lot of them were reluctant to chose him as a party leader but he was voted in as they assumed as in the 1st part of the civil war he was one of the main soldiers that restored order and it'd be the same when he came to power. Turns he's not that good a leader. Before Covid-19 all he did was travel abroad from one meeting to another. Even meetings that didn't require president's he'd turn up. He got nicknamed the travelling president. I find him to be weak in a lot of aspects. Even though he has a few interesting initiatives the practical way of imposing them is lacking. E.g. he imposed free education in government run schools but the school fees helped the schools financially, especially paying the teacher's wages. The schools in the smaller areas were literally left destitute as no aid reached them to subsidise the free education. And it may have been free but the quality tanked even more. Some teacher's stopped going to school. He had to make threats in order for the the teachers to go back. It should have been means tested, do those able to pay would contribute even though it would be a small minority. Also it couldn't have helped his presudency as the previous government literally left the country bankrupt and in disarray. But there's very little he's done to improve it. And let me not start on Black Johnson Beach. I can see an environmental disaster waiting just round the corner and it'll affect everyone in Freetown and Sierra Leone if that harbour is built there.

[@queenofsheba357]

@@jm6566 WoW! U said a mouthful! With aLLL those resources Sierra Leone should be the richest country in the world!!!

[@acajudi100]

Happy I moved to Queretaro, Mexico at 79! USA became too deadly and expensive. Thank you for all your 411. God bless this world.

[@roots-diaspora]

Thank you for being candid! I am a Sierra Leonean, Freetonian, Creole lady. Sadly, those who are destroying the country may not see your videos . Also, it may also be helpful to just say the name of the chicken company. Besides, many Sierra Leoneans used to run poultry farms but it looks like that's all changed. The hardworking honest 5% or so that are comfortable are not into publicity so viewers will only know what you've shown. Nonetheless, there are NGOs to help the poor people but we should know that many people over there may not have access to the same kind of resources that poor people in the West may have to pulll themselves up. Thank you again. You've given your opinion based on your experiences, you always do. 🙏🏽🙌🏽

[@MrEmmanueldje]

A Limba Freetonian too. love my people. can't wait to go back April. 🙏🏿😀🇸🇱❤

[@jacquelinebull6277]

I think you are the best person to give your opinion. You are saving this nation by saying the truth. I appreciate it and I hope people take it with open mind and focus on issues pointed out. All you said is true.

[@favorbygrace9646]

This sad. I don't understand, This is the Africa they want us to see for years. The government don't care about nobody but there money💸 smh 😔😰🙏🏾🙌🏾Thank you for telling the truth , so true this is World wide 🌏🌍Thank you for sharing Goblack2Afrca ✈🛩

[@kotoku13]

Sierra Leone... I love that country so much. It bleeds my heart though when I see what's going on there. Like you said "people deserve better". You hit the nail on the head there bro. Everything you said is on point. There's no lie there.

[@jomcisee4854]

@goblack, I am african (senegal) why Est is more developed b/c most west Africa was colonized by France which still controls the leaders.. the exception is siera Leone and liberia. They were in civil war for so long. They needed a push from u guys african Americans so local ppl can understand what's going around them

[@MrOu83]

Jon - Ghana and Nigeria were not colonized by the French.

[@DubG9]

@@MrOu83 He said "most" of west Africa, brotha.

[@hajibah1273]

Thank you for visiting, hope our leaders will take note and do some positive change. After looking at ur video for the 2nd time, I know u mean good for the people of Sierra Leone. I pray God give u the strength to come back to explore rest of the country.

[@ativatedzone1923]

Wow we can't believe what we are seeing. Oh no! We remembered our mum a nurse building the public road with her own money and using her children to do it. Those beautiful people need to rise up and clean those gutters. Hope the government step up and help their people. Go Black to Africa we appreciate what you are doing. Blessings to you and your beautiful family ❤️

[@catherinehodge7624]

GRIME and GRUNGE inc. So much things to say right now, we got so much things to say!

[@felixhabarugira7680]

To be fair West Africa need a major clean up, the scamers, corruption, the chaos not only that government are extremely weak not to forget security

[@winstonmanubah8173]

One of the best youtube video I have watched so far. Well done brother you have said it all.

[@wendygreene8698]

How much of the history of these countries do you know? It explains a lot. If you think about it, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the DR Congo are some of the most minerals rich countries on the continent and they are among the most "behind" in "development." Make the connection.

[@MrOu83]

Wendy - That said, what’s the solution?

[@wendygreene8698]

@@MrOu83 I don't know, but Africa must unite to prevent foreign powers from controlling, destabilizing and looting. Seems to me that in the past presidents were tolerated by the west only if they were compliant. At least in that vein I think this new round of presidents is less like the puppets of old.

[@aminamunu5983]

Am from Sierra leone 🇸🇱. And this is what the people of Sierra leone been going through over and over. Every leaders come with their own suitcases, They come with their greed selfishness and wickedness. Cos I know every god-fearing human can feel the pain and needs of another. 😢😢

[@jaycee9752]

Your observation is eye-opening and helpful, and thank you for pointing out that the African leaders are ignoring simple things like hygiene in and around their cities: they see slums coming up and they turn a blind eye. You can assist Africans in general and not just Sierra Leone people by talking to the African Union about this tragedy. It is all over Africa. The Chairman of that Union would be first to be alerted to a dangerous situation on the African continent.

[@kennykross3306]

Slums are everywhere jn developing country kinda skid row u have in usa.

[@DD-bs7sy]

@@kennykross3306 Not in Rwanda. Even a slum area can be kept clean by simply cleaning up the trash, community groups can get together once or twice a month to clean up. The governments can’t do everything. Take pride in where you live and at least keep your immediate surroundings clean.

[@africaine4889]

@@kennykross3306 we Africans should stop the excuses

[@dokotelam7207]

African union is union of equal standing members, no one is above another, no country is superior to another, this prevent countries to hold each other accountable

[@MrOu83]

@@kennykross3306 - They look nothing like what was shown in this video. I have been all across America and to Africa for extended periods of time and have never seen what I saw in person or in these videos. Comparing American poverty to Sierra Leonean poverty is foolish and intellectually lazy and dishonest.

[@Chase.100]

I’m a Sierraleonean but all the brother is saying is just the honest truth. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[@marcusgarvey404]

Very good insight. The government came out of the people, the people are a reflection of the government. Governments don't come from the sky or beneath the sea, they are the same people getting into government to help themselves. African people in Africa, Caribbean and black America need to change their mind set unless they change their consciousness within, this episode will continue. Don't try to change Sierra Leone, let the people change their mentality after which their reality will change. Another good clip, try nigeria next maybe in the oil regions, nice one.

[@pacemaker2120]

Wow! It only takes a couple end loaders, dump trucks, and a descent landfill to get rid of the trash. Pure corruption!

[@reekhavoc2932]

Exactly. They are murdering those ppl

[@GoTasteandSeeJennifer]

I’ve seen conditions like that when I visited India, and it is heartbreaking. It flat out hurts. But, there is no city in the US that compares.

[@eprahs1]

There are areas in Amerikkka that do compare...more and more everyday

[@GoTasteandSeeJennifer]

@@eprahs1 Actually, not one city in the US can even begin to compare.

[@eprahs1]

@@GoTasteandSeeJennifer a r e a s.

[@GoTasteandSeeJennifer]

@@eprahs1 i understand …..it’s still incomparable.

[@eprahs1]

@@GoTasteandSeeJennifer how bout we agree to disagree. Have a good day

[@lizzierelyadebayo5401]

My opinion is some countries which are classified as very poor such as Burundi and Malawi look so far much better than others known as doing well.

[@africaine4889]

Why are we following this western classifications anyway

[@MrOu83]

@@africaine4889 - A rose by any other name is still a rose. Or, you can put lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig. Getting caught up in labels or semantics does nothing to effectively address the issue. I think we all can agree that there are problems that need to be addressed immediately, no matter what label is assigned to them. It’s a crisis. Period!

[@jm6566]

@@africaine4889 so you're saying by African classifications Freetown is a clean place with good infrastructure??? Please stop deluding yourself. The city is a giant slum city.

[@Eradeye]

@@africaine4889 being clean has nothing to do with western classification. It is not ok to live in filth.

[@africaine4889]

@@Eradeye u didnt get it did u? Read again

[@AnkhEmFentu]

I've said the exact same thing, not only for Sierra Leone, but for ALL of Africa! Africa has an abundance of minerals, gold and natural resources to be one of the most modernize places on earth! Although, I found that you could be charge comparable prices/cost like in the USA, the product or service Quality doesn't always match especially when it comes to Hotels, AB&Bs, and Clothing. I've seen where a Clothing designer in Ghana was charging prices for an African's matching shirt and pants outfit, for what I would call close to American Top-Quality Level cost of 2-piece suites around $400-$600 dollars, Insane!

[@laurelsalma]

Thank you so much for telling the truth. We have to do better. We cannot wait for the Government that does not care for the people. Such a shame and an embarrassment but the truth is what it is. Thank you for your analysis.

[@noirsupreme5401]

The only “reasonable” countries in west Africa are Ivory Coast, Senegal and Ghana the REST are in a pitiful state !

[@chesshudsen4643]

You are right, you can add Nigeria to that list. Low GDP countries are in really bad shape.

[@africanadage852]

@Zenn. Not having visited and experienced those countries I can only hazard an observation. Seems former French colonies were deliberately kept in poverty by their erstwhile colonisers. Most were happy to move to France for a better life.

[@DeZ007]

@ Zen, How many countries have you visited in West Africa? Or are you just another clown getting info from CNN and the like?

[@tracywalker244]

K and K really exposed Ghana

[@africanadage852]

@@tracywalker244 k n k squad are clowns and actors. Check their act in divorce court. The last act was the lady back in Ghana to marry a Ghanaian man. It is all on YT.

[@justagapelove5204]

Thank you Go black2A for sharing your experience.God protect you man .The mind set of our people has to change for the better.

[@mansarayify]

Brother I'm from Sierra Leone but I can agree with you that it's exactly what you're saying. The common citizens are just fed up with the system, the wrong people are being choose to lead, have no clues what development is but thanks for bringing this truth out. Maybe I hope it makes a change.

[@musakoroma6966]

Tribal politics have blind people from making the right decision and so we continue to wallow in poverty.

[@zainabdee7486]

Think you my bro May our Government and our peoples heard this message

[@AmieKondeh]

I am from Sierra Leone, and I couldn't agree more. This saddens me each time, and yes, the people deserve better, but unfortunately, the leaders don't have empathy and love for the people; at the same token, the people are not doing much to help themselves or each other at all.

[@ghostnights8538]

We all have to go back and work together as a team. That’s the only way.

[@maxa6453]

the leaders are part of the "people" too

[@isaacsesay460]

Yeah all that you are saying is absolutely true