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Sorie I Kamara
I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa on the 2nd of July 1945, to Momoh Kamara and Fatmata Batulu Tarawally, who later made the pilgrimage to Mecca earning the titles of Alhaji and Haja...view moreI was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa on the 2nd of July 1945, to Momoh Kamara and Fatmata Batulu Tarawally, who later made the pilgrimage to Mecca earning the titles of Alhaji and Haja.
I started school at the Buxton Primary 1950 – 1956, Class I – IV then Government Model School, Standard V, January – December 1957.
After the Selective Entrance Exam, I got into the St Edward’s Secondary School January 1958 – June 1963, then did the Sixth Form at the government’s Prince of Wales Secondary School.
I got a scholarship from the then USSR to study medicine with a course in Russian at the Kharkov University in the Ukraine September 1965 – June 1966.
After successful completion, I gained entrance into the Odessa Medical Institute September 1966 – June 1972.
I met and befriended many other Africans my age, from countries like Ghana, Nigeria, Congo Brazzaville, Tanzania and Sudan.
After medical school, I returned home to start work in my profession. I worked for five years then, with a scholarship, I left for France to train in Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery. By the end of three years, I met a Swedish professor who made it possible for me to go improve on my training in Sweden. I spent two years there before returning home.
I worked in Freetown for a few years before being posted to Bo, the 2nd largest city, where I worked for seven years then back to Freetown, where I became head of ENT Surgery after the retirement of my bosses
In 1996, I was elevated to head Connaught Hospital, the largest referral hospital and luckily elected as President of the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association – SLMDA.
I later emigrated to the US, where I studied and graduated in Health Information Management. That helped me secure a job at Kaiser Permanente, where I worked for fourteen years till my final retirement.
It was in Bo that a situation developed between Muslims and Evangelical Christians when an American preacher was to hold a religious rally at the local football stadium. Tension was so whipped up that cooler heads with the security people had to prevail. It was then it dawned on me that these people were misguided to stand at each other’s throat for religions that were brought to them, hence The Dilemma of the Blackman.
I then gave a public lecture at the Hotel Sir Milton in August 1994, organized by the English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth. Since that time, I had not been able to particularly concentrate on the topic because of my many different distractions until I retired finally in the US.view less