Shirley Gbujama

Shirley Yema Gbujama (born 1936, as Shirley Macaulay) is a Sierra Leonean politician who served in a number of cabinet positions, including minister for foreign affairs, minister of social welfare, minister of tourism and culture, and minister of gender and children’s affairs. She was one of the most respected and longest-serving cabinet ministers in President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's government. Gbujama belongs to the Mende ethnic group.

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"It requires somebody from without to help put away that load and that is the"

- Shirley Gbujama

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"I felt very humbled when I see the amount of energy, creativity, humanness, the care and concern for others the people of Sierra Leone have."

- Shirley Gbujama

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"on further hoping “the training will help to further develop the Sierra Leonean concepts without having to go through mistakes others have already made.”"

- Shirley Gbujama

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"and the strategy which we dream of is to"

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"but the spirit which has been guiding us is longing for a world where everybody has a chance to live in dignity and in decent conditions- without fear of violence and war.”"

- Shirley Gbujama

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