Kono Bleeds in Silence (Part I)

Feb 29, 2016 | Felix D. Fofoh
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Part I of this article in the previous edition looked at the discovery of diamonds in Kono District, the colonial control of the minerals and the influx of foreign elements into the country in search of wealth.

I also stated that the establishment of Sierra Leone Selection Trust (S.L.S.T), a company from the DeBeers Group that came to plunder the precious minerals with utmost disrespect to the indigenes of the land. After 50 years of exploitation, the elite of Kono nursed a new strategy to challenge the Colonial Government, thus the Rover Social Club was formed.