Center MemoryThe August 1997 Student Protest Against the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council in Sierra LeoneWhen the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) overthrew President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who had been elected only a year earlier, their…Sep 12, 2022Sep 12, 2022
Center MemoryThe Lomé Peace Agreement and the End of Sierra Leonean Civil WarAfter the January 6, 1999 Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) rebel invasion of Freetown, and…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
Center MemoryElections Before Peace and the Overthrow of President Ahmad Tejan KabbahThe 1996 elections in Sierra Leone were a staunch demonstration of the people’s choice of democratic leadership over military rule or…May 25, 2022May 25, 2022
Center MemorySierra Leone, Civil War, and the Rise of Valentine StrasserBy April 1992, it was just over a year since Corporal Foday Sankoh’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded Sierra Leone in March 1991…Apr 22, 2022Apr 22, 2022