Karamoh Kabba

Karamoh Kabba (born in 1965 in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean author, writer, novelist and journalist. He has written several accounts about the Sierra Leone civil war, such as A Mother’s Saga: An Account of the Rebel War in Sierra Leone and the self-published works Lion Mountain and Morquee: A Political Drama of Wish over Wisdom. He has published several verses of poems on the Web site, Sierra Leone Web.

Early life and education

An ethnic Mandingo, Karamoh Kabba was born and raised in the diamond-rich mining town of Koidu Town, Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone and serves as the current Deputy Minister Of Public and Political Affairs under the government of Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. His parents are Alhaji Kemoh Kabba and Madam Issata Kabba, both from the Mandingo ethnic group. He attended the Kono District Education Council (K.D.E.C.) primary school in Koidu Town and the Government Secondary School for Boys in Magburaka in Tonkolili District. His diplomas include the GCE Ordinary and Advance Levels. Kabba is the founder, president and chief executieve officer of Sierra Leone Youth Lending Hand, Inc. (SLYLH), a nonprofit organization devoted to assisting the youth of Sierra Leone educationally and medically.


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