Sierra Leone: Land of Forgotten Dreams
In search of a break from an overwhelming period in my life, I decided to hop on a plane and travel 3,493 miles to Sierra Leone. Brimming with the long-lost tales of my family’s history, Sierra Leone is the land we, the younger generation of kids, desire to see.As dreamy as my lines read, the painted paradise that appears on your screens is a tiny fraction of the devastated country’s many narratives. Shot between March and May of 2018, The following photographs depict the harsh realities of the land of the forgotten dreams. Not everything is as it seems. Caught up in our tailored realities, we often lose sight of what is real. This is the land of forgotten dreams.
