Studio Session w. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars will be performing a Studio Session at The WYEP Community Broadcast Center at 1pm on September 9. Sign up for your pair of passes at wyep.org.
The band was formed by displaced refugees and are the subject of the documentary of the same name.
All the members of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars lived in or near Sierra Leone’s capital city before fleeing Freetown during the country’s decade-long civil war. Throughout most of the 1990s, Freetown remained relatively sheltered from the rebel war that had turned much of the West African nation into a bloody battlefield. Near the turn of the 21st century, however, rebels attacked the city and forced a panicked mass exodus to neighboring countries.
…continue reading the history of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars on their website…
