Category: Features

Freetown, 25th August 2025- In Sierra Leone, where male same-sex activity is still punishable by life imprisonment under the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861 and where female same-sex relationships remain legally invisible the LGBTQ community is quietly expanding. The numbers, once buried beneath stigma and silence, now tell a story of resilience, risk, and rising visibility.

Born to a Sierra Leonean mother and a Malian father, Lala spent her holidays between Guinea and Mali, places that deeply shaped her and sparked her love for the kora.