Speeches

Opening Reflections on 64 Year of Sierra Leone’s Independence Day at a Symposium on the Theme – “Understanding and Reclaiming Salone Day”

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown Watch Full Speech HERE In reviewing the theme, I felt that it was important to start with a look back into history. To ask the questions “what are we independent from?” and “why are we independent?” Independence from colonial rule is often met with the implicit assumption that colonizers […]

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Keynote Address to the Dialogue 2030 Conference in Bonn, Germany

Yesterday 5th May 2022, I had the honor of delivering the keynote address to the Dialogue 2030 Conference in Bonn, Germany. Organized by Engagement Global and hosted by the Mayor of Bonn, the conference brought together municipal leaders (including Mayor Peter Kurz of Mannheim), business leaders, NGOs and academics from across Germany and from partner

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