African Sports Monthly Vol I. Issue II February 2018 | Page 61

POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND
SPORTS IN AFRICA
A Nexus for Youth Exploitation on the Continent
Case Study: Sierra Leone
By Zack Kamara
Sierra Leone as a nation is about to go to the
polls to elect a new President and Parliament
on March 7th, 2018. As usual, political parties
and their aspirants are busy campaigning all
around the country. They go to places they
have never been to before and in some cases,
visit places they have abandoned for years.
You can fool some of the people some of the
time, but you cannot fool all of the people all
of the time so some of the electorate do wise
up and react back by not showing up at rallies
and political campaign events and that is their
own way of registering their discontent of
being neglected by their politicians for years,