Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 January 2021: The death is reported of Mr Alpha Kalay, who passed away today after a short illness in hospital in the UK, aged 74. Mr. Alpha Kalay is a philanthropist and successful businessman living in Yorkshire in the UK. He was born in Kissy, Freetown, Sierra Leone, but his father and extended family were born and bred in Bumban, Northern Sierra Leone. Alpha Kalay emigrated to the UK in the 50’s aged 6 or 7 with his guardian – Miss Bairstow, an English lady who had spent many years as a missionary and a schoolteacher at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG).