Sierra Leone ’ s capital ‘ city ' is an eccentric rambling shanty town spread over a grouping of jurassic hills , overlooking the Atlantic ocean , and backing onto rainforest and the greater African continent .
Despite being a white-African myself , I cast the first stone . When the Bishop invited me to Sierra Leone I declined and cited my reason as safety for my crew . I told him that I ’ d personally had enough guns at my head and death-threats to last a lifetime , and , in my middle age , was choosing to steer my life and that of the NewEarth Project into slightly more equanimous waters .
He replied by inviting me again and stated categorically that I would be able to walk unaccompanied through the Freetown market with a stack of money sticking out of my back-pocket . In fact he offered to join me in the exercise . This piqued my curiosity and I determined to look into Sierra Leone beyond the ‘ law of first report .’ This is where fact-checking comes in ! According to Atlas & Boots , Sierra Leone ranks far safer than England or the United States as a country to visit . Did you know that ? I didn ’ t .
I apologised to the Bishop when he visited me again a couple of weeks later , and explained that my research had uncovered much of the great lie about West Africa … and agreed that I would bring a Humanitad and NewEarth delegation over to Sierra Leone before the end of autumn .