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Sierra Leone Independence Day

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Sierra Leone Independence Day

By
Boima Tucker

Freedom Day in South Africa. Togo Independence Day. And Sierra Leone’s 51st Independence Day. That’s all today. We’ve been celebrating Freedom Day with music elsewhere today. So this post is for Sierra Leone. My current favorite song we played last week but there’s more: a Bajah and Dry Yai Crew song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHOWazDJls

Refugee All Stars released an album this week:

Sierra Leoneans are active in the diaspora too. Like Janka and the Bubu Gang:

Or Shady Baby:

And a classic for an election year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y70NmnU1kDw

You’ll tell us what your favorite Togolese tunes of the moment are in the comments.

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