Friend from Sierra Leone 60th
birthday party
In the Wind the sweet smell of food from Africa is in the air.
We find ourselves at a picnic with people connected to Sierra Leone,
As refuges from the tragic civil war over diamonds
Family members, the next generation or friends.
We come together often to celebrate birthdays, baptisms, and more.
This time it is to celebrate summer and a good old fashioned picnic.
My Sierra Leone niece and nephew and their families are present.
I was talking with one man who identified my Sierra Leone nephew as his nephew
But his relationship was through a direct family line while mine was in the spirit of the people.
Who see all people as one and use all occasions to share good food and beer to celebrate life.
The music, English Creole, was loud but did not stop conversations flowing.
People of Sierra Leone have were blessed and cursed with a country full of diamonds
And for ‘blood diamonds’ people were willing to kill and rob.
Now the war is over and the country is left in destitution
But the spirit of the people cannot be overcome
For in music, food, drink and conversation we are one,
The people of Sierra Leone.
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