O'Casey's - Friday Night Live Music Freetown

SISTAS WITH VOICES | THE PRACTICE

 

 

 

The longer i am back home the more I am 'getting it'. My heart is steadying itself, digging deep, planting self and re-orienting my purpose and vision in the world of the arts. It is only recently that accepting and proudly understanding myself as a story teller with responsibility and accountability to the community and my fellow artists has become an imperative journey for me. I am respecting the responsibility and beauty that comes with this and in the process, asking my fellow sisters and brothers who themselves are openly, clearly, and very beautifully bold to come together to “just do it”. Just do it meaning, sharing with the rest of the world the talent, gift and stories that exist at the very core of Sierra Leonean society. We aren’t just those people that sing, dance, paint or organize shows; we aren’t just at the periphery of society’s consciousness,

Emerson Amidu Bockarie

Emmerson Bukhari

TFB: how have you been able to maintain and stay true to yourself as an artist (in your music) and as a person"

Emmerson: I believe in humility, i believe that everything has been be possible through the high power, it all fell into place because i don't get caught up in the hype.

a sunday kind of love

Luam Kidane introduced me to this particular Etta James song, A Sunday kind of Love. I remember instantly falling in love with it. For weeks, i would welcome Sunday in with Ms. James blasting, allowing her voice to color my little downtown Vancouver apartment. As a woman slightly disillusioned by love, this song was nostalgic as i secretly yearned for a love....

 to last past Saturday night

And I’d like to know
It’s more than love at first sight
And I want a Sunday kind of love
Oh yeah, yeah

RIP MS.JAMES.