Make Sierra Leone Famous
Make Sierra Leone Famous
Vickie Remoe
Salone Man Badat Is There A Cure?
1 hour 2 minutes Posted May 9, 2024 at 10:00 am.
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Salone man get badat (Sierra Leoneans are envious) is not just a national catchphrase, its a widely held Sierra Leonean belief. The expression "Salone man get badat" has been used in presidential speeches and popular culture. President Kabbah once said it in a now-famous speech. Emmerson Bockarie, a Sierra Leonean Afropop singer, made a song about it. Badat is on everyone's lips, it's on their minds, and it is the root of all evil.
Make Sierra Leone Famous explores the root of this self-deprecating national catchphrase and negative belief through a spiritual and mental health lens. If Sierra Leoneans are envious, how can they unlearn or control it?
Special Guests: Dr. Ramadan Jalloh and Jesse Lamboi