This profile of Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew is the first entry in our new Artist Profile series, intended to introduce each contributing musician featured on the Wan Fambul/One Family benefit album. This compilation is available for a donation, with all proceeds going to the groundbreaking grassroots peacebuilding efforts of Fambul Tok in Sierra… Read more »
Posts By: Abdul Rashid
Great Music for a Great Cause – Download Our New Benefit Album TODAY!
At film festivals and Fambul Tok community screenings the question we are asked over and over is, “How can I help?” Well, now there’s a direct way to support the people of Sierra Leone and their groundbreaking, grassroots peacebuilding program, Fambul Tok. And best of all, you can groove while you’re at it! We are… Read more »
Fambul Tok 2012? Now that would be interesting!
[This blog is a re-post of the blog Sara wrote for the On Screen/In Person tour, organized by Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. Fambul Tok is a featured film on that tour, and Sara’s been traveling the mid-Atlantic region for screenings and some lively conversations.] March 9, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD… Read more »
More response to “Kony 2012″ – HOW we tell stories is critical
[This blog is a re-post of the blog Sara wrote for the On Screen/In Person tour, organized by Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. Fambul Tok is a featured film on that tour, and Sara’s been traveling the mid-Atlantic region for screenings and some lively conversations.] March 8, Weinberg Center for the Arts, Frederick, MD First… Read more »
Fambul Tok Peace Mothers’ Fish Trade Consultations Reveals Community Progress
KOINADUGU, KONO & SHENGE – 28/01/2012 -Posted by Solomon Yarjoh As a way to enhance community reconciliation, Fambul Tok thought it fitting to organize a consultative meeting with Peace Mothers groups from Kono, Koinadugu and Moyamba with the possibility of establishing a fish trade connection. This initiative emerged from the cross-district visitation that was done… Read more »
“Postcards To Sierra Leone” Share Audience Responses to Fambul Tok
For the past few months, we have been collecting audience responses to Fambul Tok (the film) and the work being done on the ground in Sierra Leone through our “Postcards to Sierra Leone” initiative. Sharing these comments with the Fambul Tok staff and volunteers in Sierra Leone provides encouragement and inspiration, while also making clear… Read more »
More Fambul Tok activities in London
The month of October saw a rush of activity in London! Following the Fambul Tok film’s successful European premiere at the Raindance Film Festival on 29 September, UK-based volunteers working with Fambul Tok International organized a number of events in the city. They were fortunate to have Paramount Chief Alfred Banya, the Chair of Fambul… Read more »
Award-Winning Fambul Tok Documentary Celebrates Home DVD Launch!
In the middle of a critically acclaimed festival run and having just kicked off an international community screenings campaign, Fambul Tok is now available on home DVD! You can order your copy here and get a 25% discount off the retail price. (Please note, though, that the home DVD is licensed only for home use. If… Read more »
Announcing Fambul Tok’s European Premiere!
We are thrilled to announce that Fambul Tok will have its European Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival on September 29, 2011 at 4:30PM, at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus theater. Producer Libby Hoffman will be on hand for Q&A following the screening. Check out this Raindance review of the film by Abigail Smith: “How would… Read more »
Engaging the Sierra Leonean Community in London
While the main focus of FTI’s reconciliation and healing work must be within Sierra Leone itself, there are many Sierra Leoneans abroad who were also affected by the conflict and who still keep in close touch with family and friends at home, visiting when they can. It is important that they are able to participate… Read more »
PPP News and Events
Peace mother becomes first female town chief in Darsalam
A peace mother who was charged with the task of charge coordinating activities of her colleagues in Darsalam,Kasunko chiefdom Koinadugu district was recently chosen as the very first female town chief ever in the history of Darsalam 1 in Kasunko Kakelain chiefdom Koinadugu district. Madam Neneh Binta Barrie was... Read More >
68 Teacher coordinators undergo training on transitional justice /management of school clubs
A total of sixty eight teacher cooridinators from 34 junior secondary schools in Kailahun.Moyamba,Pujehun and Koinadugu districts have just concluded training sessions in various district headquarters towns. These sessions helped teachers to strengthen their work on transitional justice and management of peace clubs in their various districts.It was organised... Read More >