Category Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone, Fundraising, sub-Saharan Africa

Behind The Scenes: The Fight Against Kush in Sierra Leone featuring Mr. Tyson Conteh

What is going on in Sierra Leone? The Adjei Foundation has been working closely with Mr Tyson Conteh, founder and director of Future View Media Centre and a BBC Africa Eye producer and director, to help tackle the ongoing crisis…

Archibald Adjei
November 20, 2022

Sierra Leone, Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa

The Shocking History of Mental Illness in Africa

Content warning: This article contains content that may be distressing to readers. Introduction The colonial period (circa 1881 to the 1950s and 1960s) shaped psychiatry and mental illness in Africa. During the colonial period, psychiatrists believed Africans did not suffer…

Archibald Adjei
August 25, 2022