Sierra Leone's state is a shambles. So citizens have formed groups to help themselves instead
clubs, it is selective. Only the right sort of person may join. It has a spokesman, a financial secretary and an interim chairman. But in other ways the Black Street Boys is rather different from, say, a club in Pall Mall or Augusta, Georgia. Members sport matching tattoos of the harp symbol used on bottles of Guinness. And instead of spending their days playing bridge or golf, the Black Street Boys talk about breaking into cars, picking pockets or robbing people at knifepoint.
It is not only thieves who have guilds in Sierra Leone. Every Saturday at 5pm a gaggle of women meet on a beach in Freetown, the capital. Each presents a membership card with her name and photo. A chairwoman leads the discussion while a harried secretary takes minutes. The women then fumble in their handbags for their dues of $2 to the sex-workers’ association.
There are hundreds of informal associations like these across the country. The youngsters who sell pirateds in downtown Freetown answer to a chairman and vice-chairman, as do the beggars who loiter outside a hilltop supermarket in the west of the city. Neighbours band together and form committees to look out for one another. The chairmen mediate squabbles, punish thieves and drum up cash when members are sick. Some are corrupted by power and end up squeezing extra, undue payments from members.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Inside TV’s Fashion Design Competition Series Trend With ‘Project Runway,’ ‘Making the Cut,’ ‘Next in Fashion’When ProjectRunway first launched in 2006, it entered a crowded reality competition landscape but still managed to be the first of its kind as a fashion competition. “Everything in the world has changed” says former winner/now mentor Christian Siriano
続きを読む »
Inside Beyonce and Jay Z's £71million Bel Air mansionBeyonce home: see the £71million house she shares with husband Jay Z.
続きを読む »
Inside Ariana Grande's Midsommar Birthday Party Thrown By Her Friends and BoyfriendAriana Grande's boyfriend, Dalton Gomez, and her close friends threw her a birthday party with a surprise Midsommar (2019) theme.
続きを読む »
Inside Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian's Lavish Birthday Party at Kylie Jenner's House: Inflatable Slides, Balloons and MoreKhloé Kardashian turned 36 years old on June 27, and her sister Kylie Jenner was sure to give her an extravagant bash.
続きを読む »
Inside Emmerdale stars Jeff Hordley and Zoe Henry's quirky countryside cottageEmmerdale stars Jeff Hordley and Zoe Henry's countryside cottage perfectly embodies the colourful couple as their quirky homes boasts loud wall paintings and a sprawling garden full of their very own homegrown produce
続きを読む »