Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

Sierra Leone 's Refugee All Stars, also briefly Refugee All Stars, a band from Sierra Leone, which was founded in the 90s by refugees in Guinea. It combines traditional African music with Caribbean reggae.

History

Reuben Koroma, his wife Grace and Francis ( Franco) Lamgba met in a refugee camp in Guinea know, after they had fled the civil war in Sierra Leone. Together they began to make music, at first for the entertainment of other refugees. From an aid organization, they were equipped with instruments and developed into an increasingly professional band. After the end of the civil war in 2002, the now six-strong group traveled back with the support of the UNHCR in their hometown of Freetown, where it joined the remaining members of Reuben Koroma's former band. The UNHCR enabled them recording their first album, Living Like A Refugee. In the mainly by Reuben Koroma in different languages ​​, including English and Krio, written texts, they often process their experiences as refugees.

The award-winning documentary film of the musicians and filmmakers Banker White and Zach Niles, who met the band in 2002 in Guinea and accompanied them on their return to Sierra Leone contributed significantly to the international reputation of the group.

The Sierra Leone 's Refugee All Stars are on the soundtrack of the movie Blood Diamond with the song Ankala. Together with the American rock band Aerosmith, they took a version of the John Lennon song Give Peace a to chance on the book published by Amnesty International compilation Make Some Noise in 2007 - was published in The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.

In 2010 they released their second album Rise & Shine. In the summer of 2010, she undertook a tour in the United States.

In 2012, the band released their third CD Radio Salone.

Discography

• 2004: Living Like A Refugee
• 2010: Rise & Shine
• 2012: Radio Salone