Friday, May 13, 2016

Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Singer's Billboards Attacked

Adverts bearing the portrait of Emmerson Bockarie - a singer whose latest lyrics tackle corruption in Sierra Leone - have been attacked.
BBC Africa Live report continues:
Even though the adverts for mobile company Airtel bear the faces of three other artists, only Mr Bockarie's face was cut out.
His face was removed from billboards or covered with graffiti in more than four areas of the city.
The singer told a reporter that he's unperturbed by the attacks:
I have made up my mind to do what I am doing and cannot stop now"

His latest song tackles corruption in high places:

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