Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Sierra Leone e kūkulu hou i kāna ʻoihana hoʻokipa i hōʻeha ʻia e nā makahiki o ka hakakā kūloko.
ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ma nā helu liʻiliʻi, ke hoʻi nei i nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo o Sierra Leone a me nā wai uliuli maʻemaʻe, ʻewalu mau makahiki ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ke kaua ma ka ʻāina komohana o ʻApelika.
Ma ke kahakai ʻo ka muliwai ʻo Number 2, ma ka hema o ke kapikala ʻo Freetown, e holo ana kahi hui ʻōpio kaiaulu i ka hale hoʻomaha a mālama i ke kahakai maʻemaʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Daniel Macauley, ke poʻo o ka hui, he mea kōkua ia e hōʻoluʻolu i ka hana ʻole o ka wahi.
"He wahi mākaʻikaʻi ko mākou kaiāulu," wahi āna. "No laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻomaka i ka poʻe, e hoʻokipa iā lākou ma aneʻi."
Hoʻohana ka hale hoʻokipa ma kahi o 40 mau kamaʻāina. He kanaka maʻamau ʻo Jim Dean ʻAmelika ma kahakai.
"Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou e hele i waho i ʻaneʻi e like me ka hiki iā mākou, ʻike ʻoe, hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha i ka mahina," wahi āna. "He mau kahakai ʻē aʻe ma kēia ʻaoʻao, akā he kahakai kūikawā kēia ma muli o ke one a me ka ʻike."
ʻOiai he nui nā mea e hāʻawi aku ai ʻo Sierra Leone, ʻo ka paʻakikī ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai, wahi a ka mea hoʻokele huakaʻi ʻo Bimbo Carroll.
"A no ka hana ʻana i ia mea pono mākou e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo iā lākou ua mākaukau ʻo Sierra Leone e hoʻokipa iā lākou," wahi a Carroll. "A he nui, no ka nui o nā mea hana ma waho, ʻo Sierra Leone, he ʻano like ia - ʻaʻole ia i kā lākou puke, inā ʻike ʻoe i kaʻu ʻōlelo."
No nā makahiki he ʻumi, a hiki i ka makahiki 2002, ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo Sierra Leone e kahi hakakā ʻino, me nā kipi e hakakā nei no ka hoʻomalu ʻana i ka ʻāina, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā daimana o ka ʻāina no ke kālā. ʻO nā kiʻi nūhou o nā makaʻāinana i ʻoki ʻia ko lākou mau lima a me nā wāwae e nā kipi i lilo i kiʻi hou o Sierra Leone. Ua make i ke kaua ma mua o 50,000 mau kānaka a ʻaʻa mau ke kiʻi o ka ʻāina.
"ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻole a ka ʻāina e hoʻomau nei ma ke ʻano o ke kiʻi - aia nō kahi kiʻi maikaʻi ʻole ma ka mākeke e pili ana iā Sierra Leone," wahi a Cecil Williams nāna e alakaʻi i ka papa mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ka poʻe ʻaʻole ia he wahi palekana, nele ka paʻa, ʻaʻole maoli ia."
Ke hana nei ke aupuni e hoʻokomo i nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hale hoʻolaha hoʻokipa honua a me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka honua i kahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 5000 mau mākaʻikaʻi i hele mai i Sierra Leone i ka makahiki i hala, wahi a ka papa mākaʻikaʻi, mai kahi o 1,000 ʻeiwa mau makahiki i hala. Ua hauʻoli loa ka mākaʻikaʻi Kanada ʻo Carul Canzius.
"ʻO wau kekahi o kēlā poʻe i makaʻu iki, akā i kēia manawa i koʻu hele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi ua ʻike wau ua paʻa loa a palekana pū kekahi," wahi a Canzius.
ʻElua mau hui huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻEulopa e hāʻawi nei i nā huakaʻi i Sierra Leone. Ua paʻi ʻia ke alakaʻi huakaʻi mua o ka ʻāina i ka makahiki i hala.
