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HOW EBOLA THREATENED A WHOLE VILLAGE
Manor Koyya has achieved a sad notoriety in Sierra Leone. The village was hit especially hard by the Ebola crisis between 2014 and 2016, when 158 villagers fell victim to the virus. How did the epidemic lead to helplessness and increase social tension? How did it manage to spread so quickly, and what role did religious traditions play in its spread? Village leader Mohamed Simra Kamara reports.
 
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COME, I’LL SHOW YOU
HOW EBOLA THREATENED A WHOLE VILLAGE
Manor Koyya has achieved a sad notoriety in Sierra Leone. The village was hit especially hard by the Ebola crisis between 2014 and 2016, when 158 villagers fell victim to the virus. How did the epidemic lead to helplessness and increase social tension? How did it manage to spread so quickly, and what role did religious traditions play in its spread? Village leader Mohamed Simra Kamara reports.
 
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FILMMAKERS
| Director + Editor | M.J. Sessy Kamara |
| Director of Photography | M.J. Sessy Kamara, Arthur Pratt |
| Sound | Rugiatu Kamara, Kofi Maxwell |
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FILMMAKERS
Director + Editor
M.J. Sessy Kamara
Director of Photography
M.J. Sessy Kamara, Arthur Pratt
Sound
Rugiatu Kamara, Kofi Maxwell
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FILM INFORMATION
| Type | Documentary |
| Length | 8:33 min. |
| Language | Krio with English or German subtitles |
| Country of origin | Sierra Leone |
| Year | 2015 |
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FILM INFORMATION
Type
Documentary
Length
8:33 min.
Language
Krio with English or German subtitles
Country of origin
Sierra Leone
Year
2015
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SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone (officially the Republic of Sierra Leone) borders Guinea in the north and Liberia in the southeast. Freetown is the country’s capital and economic centre. English is the official language of this former British colony, but most people speak Krio.
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Over a thousand schools were destroyed during the civil war that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Following the Ebola epidemic (2014-2016), the country is now working to rebuild state and social infrastructure. Both Sierra Leone’s constitution and the 2004 Education Act mandate nine years of compulsory basic education, but full compliance is not possible due to a lack of schools and teachers. The literacy rate of the adult population in 2015 was 48.1% (women: 37.7%, men: 58.7%).
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Sierra Leone has a great variety of media. After a long debate, 2013 saw the passing of a freedom of information law. Sierra Leone ranked 85th out of 180 countries on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters without Borders.
COME, I’LL SHOW YOU THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone (officially the Republic of Sierra Leone) borders Guinea in the north and Liberia in the southeast. Freetown is the country’s capital and economic centre. English is the official language of this former British colony, but most people speak Krio.
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Over a thousand schools were destroyed during the civil war that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Following the Ebola epidemic (2014-2016), the country is now working to rebuild state and social infrastructure. Both Sierra Leone’s constitution and the 2004 Education Act mandate nine years of compulsory basic education, but full compliance is not possible due to a lack of schools and teachers. The literacy rate of the adult population in 2015 was 48.1% (women: 37.7%, men: 58.7%).
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Sierra Leone has a great variety of media. After a long debate, 2013 saw the passing of a freedom of information law. Sierra Leone ranked 85th out of 180 countries on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters without Borders.
