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Ep. #46 Sierra Leone with Mahmoud Conteh: The Lion Mountains
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Ron Klutho talks to Mahmoud Conteh about Sierra Leone
MUSIC: Watasai Stone by Rozzy Sokota ft. Itribe
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0:00 SEG 1 - A lot of people speak a type of broken English called Creole | His first language was Mandingo | 80 % Muslim and 20% Christian | How the country got its name | Freetown | Being colonized by the British lead to a lot of British names | The civil war and blood diamonds
16:34 SEG 2 - He was born in Kamabai | What was school like? | What was his impression of the United States growing up? | Working in diamond mining | Leaving Sierra Leone in 1997 | Finding out which country he was going to
32:11 SEG 3 - Coming to St. Louis in 2004 with the help of the International Institute | Seeing and feeling snow for the first time | Cultural differences | Not having cars in Sierra Leone | Having to eat American food | His first job in America was a factory job | How big is the Sierra Leonean population in St. Louis? | Has he gone back since leaving in 1997? | He still has family back in Sierra Leone that are struggling financially | Rice and cassava | Is there tourism in Sierra Leone | Gumbay music | What is the best and worst thing about living in America? | Did anyone help him adjust to life in America | Words of wisdom
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