Staff in Sierra Leone

STAFF -all WAYout Freetown staff have come up through WAYout

MOHAMED S. KAMARA -National Manager. Known to us as MSK, MSK came to WAYout through the Way Film Group. He was a member acting and shooting dramas and making music videos. He joined the staff in 2016 and became manager in 2023, overseeing centres in Freetown, Kono, Taiama and Bondurbu.  His other roles include senior filmmaker- his recent work includes Ghetto Hero and Kongosa with Mash P; he is making an observational documentary on Kush addiction and  working on a documentary about street gangs. He also teaches camera and editing.

SUSAN KARGBO – Susan is currently running the Women’s Media Group in the provinces, Ferry Junction and the female prison. Susan joined WAYout as a member in 2012. She completed most of the courses and graduated in 2016. Susan ran outreach projects with women in Susan’s Bay and trained people at Kissi Town and Ferry Junction. When she became a member of staff it was to support female members of WAYout and bring in more women from the street she also teaches photoshop.

ABUBAKARR GBLA– Known to us as Bullet. Bullet lived on the streets for 18 years, from being a small boy who became gang leader. One day he made the decision to change from drugs and theft to filmmaking. He has impressed us all by his commitment to change and is now security at WAYout and is making a documentary about gang life. He returns to his ‘hood’ every Sunday and runs a film group, Unity,  hoping to get others out of crime and in to something more positive. 

SAMUEL BAMIE KONIKA The latest member of the Freetown staff. Bamie is front facing- managing bookings, supporting members emotional needs, helping members with their projects, managing equipment and when he has time, making his own films and music. He was raised by his Grandmother whose only source of income was farming. He headed for Freetown but had little support . He became a song writer and would love to be a music teacher and a photographer. 

SAMUEL SULUKU is manager of WAYout Taiama. He was born in Taiama, Moyamba District. He started doing art work at the age seven and his parents noticed that he had a problem with his vision. Samuel wanted to study Art but his mother died and his father was no longer working so there was nobody to pay school fees. WAYout enabled Samuel to take care of himself and his family.

FALLAH KOROMA aka FAL G is manager of WAYout Kono, his home town. Kono was in the centre of the conflict and there are many ex combatants living on the margins of the community, in gangs or addicted to drugs with nothing to do. Fal G suffered stigmatisation after the war and left Kono for the streets of Freetown where he was a gang leader and rapper. He was one of the first members of WAYout in 2012. Now he is back home and engaging many street youth in music and filmmaking.

FRANCESS KAMARA learnt filmmaking and writing at WAYout and she went on to learn music workshop skills with Music Action International. She now runs our workshop sessions with Susan, doing dance, body percussion and DJ skills at the Women’s Correctional Centre.

KAIKAI & WISE are WAYout music producers who have produced, mixed and mastered over 1500 beats with our members. A staggering number of great songs. They travel the country to our other centres and go out with the mobile studio to the slum areas and the prison. They both worked with Steve Mac on the album No Input, No Output