by 23 April 2021 As Sierra Leone marks 60 years of independence, the capital’s pioneering mayor, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, talks to George Luke The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr The Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr IT WOULD be an understatement to say that the past six decades have been tumultuous for Sierra Leone: political unrest, civil war, an Ebola-virus epidemic, and various natural disasters have all been packed into this period. But today in the country’s capital, Freetown, there is a sense among many of the people that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Much of this is thanks to the city’s Mayor, Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr. In February,