Why Sierra Leone Diaspora Must Comeback HOME! 

Yes my brother I am from Sierra Leone and we are coming home already started our investment,my wife and I. We live in the USA, Sierra Leone is our home, and we are coming.

I agree with you 100%. I am from Liberia and we face the same challenges. I am investing in Agriculture in Liberia. We do Palm oil, rice and vegetables. We started small but we are expanding. I currently have 8 fulltime employees. I still live in the U.S. for now. Our goal is to become the premier food producers in the Mano River Union. The biggest challenge is the dishonesty of our people. The other challenge is financing. Nevertheless my project continues. I posted a few videos on RU-vid to document our progress. 2020 will be a big year.

Yaaaasssss! This is powerful! I am African American and through my dna test I found out I am Nigerian and Sierra Leonean! I plan on investing in Sierra Leone and gain citizenship! It’s time for us in diaspora to come back home and invest! My fiancé is from Ghana and We plan on investing there as well. Your videos are powerful! Africa to the World!

Wode Maya, you cant believe how far and fast this vid has gone. It has gone viral on WhatsApp and Facebook among the Sierra Leone community in America, Europe and Australia

This guy is a gift to the African continent

Prophet wode maya preaching positivism.

Africa Prophet (WODE MAYA) you make me cry this morning. From since I have started watching your videos, this is the best message for Africa more especially Sierra Leone. Today you showed us that you love Africa more than any other place on earth. I will share this video throughout this month till it reach every corner where Sierra Leoneans are. You are a blessing to Africa that's why I always call you AFRICA PROPHET. May God continue to bless you and your crew members.

This is a genuine cry for help from a loving child to her siblings to save their mother. May you be heard !

This is such a beautiful message Maya

One thing i am very proud of Nigeria of is that 90% or more of businesses big or small are owned by Nigerians.

When Nigerians start investing they start to hate on Nigerians. Please we blacks we need to love ourselves much better

Wode Maya I can sincerely feel your LOVE, pain and the sadness you are experiencing while visiting Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 in this video today. As long as we in the diaspora continue to work as individuals when it comes to investing in Africa, it will take many years before we will see change. Please believe us when we say the majority of us are not rich. We live on credit which has the appearance that we are wealthy. However, I do believe if we establish Africa Investment Clubs in every state in the diaspora, we can put our money together and contribute collectively to make a difference sooner than later. Thank you 🙏🏾 for being vulnerable enough to show your true feelings for this country. I pray God gives us all the knowledge and tools to assemble and do justice for Africa....Ashe’

As Ghanaian am proud of you Maya, glad you did not sound like Ghana has it all together. You are a gem, my brother. Kindly encourage Salone youtubers to continue to push this message. You are on track, keep it up.

The love that I have for africa, you have no idea. - Wode Maya 2019

Your home is your home They must surely come back . We have everything in Africa but we move overseas for "greener pastures" and we end up being served with "black pastures" Aiya Maya

Sad video but you said it all, yesterday i was just telling my Nigeria friend that my country is been ruled by foreigners, all businesses and powerful mansions are owned by foreigners which’s so sad 😭, i just left there 3 years ago so i knew what am talking about, but am still on the hustle to make a change in my own way God blessings you bro for been honest ✊.

We’ve been saying this, but maybe coming from you it might sound fresh to some of our country folks. Thanks Africa To the World. Africa for Africans

That's why I love you WODE MAYA. This is called HOLY ANGER and it is good for all AFRICANS and not Salone alone. Let's come back and build our continent. The time is NOW. Once again, WELL DONE Maya. Posterity will judge you right.

Thank you for sharing your true feelings. You are absolutely right Maya ! We as a people have to stand up inside ourselves and do better. Just think about it. I’m an AFRICAN born in America, my family Survived slavery and that’s a beautiful thing to have over come that but at what cost ? It’s like we left our brothers and sisters and we never came back to share the knowledge or wealth. Growing up here I was never told to explore Africa or invest or help our brothers and sisters. Not until I started watching your channel I NOW understand how much I’m missing out on. How blessed we are to have Mama Africa and she’s still standing and waiting with open arms. You make me want to explore and come back to share what I have learned in these 37years of life. I now know there is a great need and I am sad to. Sad that it’s taken so long for us to consider coming back to help and develop our continent. Sad that I live in a nation that made an effort to keep me unaware and Ignorant, we are brainwashed here for there purpose. We are here working and build their Nation. Making their CEO’s rich. We have learned from the oppressor how to live in his nation and shoot for the so called American Dream. It was never for us. Most black Americans live paycheck to paycheck and that’s it. If I lost my job tomorrow I could not do anything other then go live with my parents and try and start over. They keep the wealth from us because they are scared that if we are Financially independent we can now think and build just like them. Where I live in Houston their are so many Africans that say that they never want to go back because it’s to hard to live back home or the people are so poor and have nothing and when you have a little more then them, you tend to have to watch your stuff. Yet here I am wishing I had a connection to a home now after watching every One of your videos! Wishing I had a language to call my own. We should be a shame to run and leave by choice. We don’t have a vision to be whole and as One. To us American ! It’s time. It’s time to taking sew skills and our blessing back even if you only go once or twice a year just to connect and make some kind of business connect. We have to help solve the problem. It’s a lot on our shoulders but we have to get free of the debt here in this country and once we are free of loans then we can help build home.

Much love from Sierra Leone 😘😘👌🏻👌🏻♥️♥️♥️

Maya, you're an amazing youtuber, you show the true culture of africa than most others in media do, you show the real africa, the historical landmarks, the education

Tell em my brother!!! Wish most people can be as smart and pan-african as you are my friend

WE SHALL RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND SOON GHANA SORRY FOR LEAVING BEHIND FOR A WHILE

Thanks you my brother for your Good message. Much Love from The Gambia 🇬🇲 The Smiling Costa of Africa

We are African and we most develop our nations as African.....we are the one that will build our Africa

Am from Sierra Leone let me tell you what you don't know 1.the people that are living in Sierra Leone are the problem we are here kelling our self to invest in our country but the people back home will never give chance we send them money to invest but what they did they destroy the money and at the end of the day they will tell you stories about the money you send to invest our Sierra Leone brothers back home instead they sell property to you the Sierra Leonea that wants to invest no they prefer selling it to outsider, SO MAYA if you ask a question this is some of the reasons y many sierrialeonia dont invest in Sierra Leone my English is not that perfect but I hope someone understand me 😫

yep, i agree with you Maya, even the Chinese owns most of the businesses. i was born and raised here in the states but my heart has always been is in africa. right now im investing in the transportation sector and presently building a primary school in my parents village in the yoni chiefdom of sierra leone. I was inspired by dr harnet with investing in africa. we can't depend on the government to develop the whole of the country, like you said we need to come as one and build up sierra leone.

I love your videos... I'm from the U.S. but i will be in Ghana in February God willing... Your videos have shead a lot of light on Africa its simply beautiful deffently not what i was told... Please keep doing this

SORRY FOR LONG COMMENT! I really appreciate your honesty. I recently learned that my ancestors were from Sierra Leone. I was excited to return to my ancestral home as I began to research the history and country. BUT I, have to be honest I was truly heartbroken at the state of the people, the country, and the government, ect. The senseless poverty. Plus the vast contrast between the wealth and living conditions of the foriegn occupants and indigenous people of the land. It was as if Sierra Leone was the slum of Africa and set up much like Europe (with the have and the have nots). I also feel that all the historical information is short, lacking and/or fall in the area of being truly depressing or negative. To top it off it seem to be still plagued with political dictatorship, greed and genocide through manufactured decease and chemical extermination experiments on the people by foreign nations. All that being said. For an African of the diaspora to just move to Africa in search of freedom and opportunity is a big leap of faith. But for us to even consider moving from one horrible evil slave system of suffering to an even worse situation is very unlikely. I wouldn't consider South Africa for the same reason and it's infrastructure is far more stable. But the government is still to questionable and there is far far to much non African wealth, power and business ownership. I have been watching you and Trudy videos very closely since you arrived hoping to have my mind changed in maybe reconsidering relocating in Seirra Leone. But could quickly tell through the lack of content, and videos you guys have done that things arent going well and even you are finding it difficult to ignore the horrible state of the country. It's sad because my people have such a beautiful spirit. I do plan to invest once I build a foundation for my family. But can't put my families future, and life savings into a failing, currupt infrastructure that exploits its own people and resources. That wont help anyone. I don't mean to be all negative but this is the truth from my perspective.

As a Sierra Leonean I totally agree with you Wode Maya. As we say in fullani, jarama boui, which means thanks a lot. You are very brave for having the courage to speak about this.

Very moving and heart wrenching. Your face says it all. Above all keep yourself safe. Peace up!!😘❤💪🏾

Hey! I'm a Sierra Leonean living in exile and I actually went back to invest and had to forfeit in loses in around 30k. Generally speaking, let's just say there is a negative and a positive side of business' outcome, and unfortunately for me I ended up having to endure the negative side of things. I also know quite few of us who have went back to take on this venture just to lose in the end. My friend, I know your heart's in the right place but we as sierra Leoneans have way bigger problems than merely opening mini supermarkets and resorts close to our beaches. We have an education and cultural problem, just like many, if not all black nations. An immaterial process within us has to happen before any real progress is achieved. Until then nothing is going to change. We will continue to circle around bragging about how beautiful our lands are and how much resources we supposedly have.

You said it all god bless you my brother 😥😥🇸🇱🇸🇱

Wode Maya kept it all the way 100 on this one! Develop your country! Stop being comfortable in the West. Come back and be a major contributor to your people. Take back ownership!

A very powerful message for those who have ears to hear. The outsiders, who generally despise Afrikans, leave their countries and are allowed to come to Afrika and control Afrikan resources to enrich themselves while depriving the locals, who comfortably sit back, watch, and accept this behaviour while doing nothing except to complain. We need to reclaim, maintain and control our lands and resources for our people and the future generation.

The same story all throughout the African diaspora, even among African American communities. Trillion dollar black economy and very small black business ownership😔

Wode maya extreme wealth is soon arriving at your door.. not only financial wealth,but spiritual wealth, mental wealth,happiness abundance, freedom,prosperity,power all the days of your life.. just keep going the odds are forever in your favor

You are so right my son of the African soil. You words make my heart full. I feel what you are saying so much in my spirit. I'm here to tell you that you are being led by our ancestors and the almighty creator of the heavens and earth, and the universe, and all that is within, and the fullness thereof,. you got the Universe full support. You was born on this earth with a divine purpose to bring your people back together again, to bring restoration. I appreciate what you're doing absolutely do. May the ancestors continue to lead you, guide you, protect you, strengthen you, keep you healthy and happy snd full of joy knowing that the journey that you are on is a divine journey. Africa To The World. StraytUp.

Yes Maya, lots of Sierra Leone descendants lived in the Caribbean, since we were stolen from West African and brought to the Americas, we have to find out way back now, but one day we will be back

Wode maya you are doing a great job God bless you, African to the world 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭✌

Unity is the solution. We must put our resources together in order to make any meaningful progress

Thank you for this message, I have plans to do many business in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 but right now I am in school building my knowledge and skills to be a good business women/ nurse practitioner.

Thanks bro for the good work you and the other bloggers are doing for Africa. You guys are changing the European negativity about Africa. Good job. This is holy anger bro. You really love the motherland. You are really blessed.

Very well said my brother. As a Sierra Leonean living in the UK, I have decided to make that move. Most Sierra Leoneans are worried about the unstable political situation and the healthcare system. The current government lead by our President, His Excellency Julius Masada Bio, is doing his best to put Sierra Leone back on the map. Once those things are in place, my people will start making such moves. Thanks for highlighting the obvious. I’m your number one fan, keep up the dynamic work.

So true Maya. Your message is so honest, sincere and touching. May God bless you brother.

They never show sierra leone in the western or Russian news, it looks like an amazing country

Sierra Leoneans are very rich people, invest in your country. Even gambians are now going to Sierra Leone to open businesses.

so many Sierra Leoneans want to come back home and invest but going through the process is fustrating, people in authority past and present Government discourage the average Sierra Leonean because of Bribes by the foreigners. Foreigners have more privilege in Sierra Leone that's the main reason

Africa to the world.. Great job Maya!

I am your Nigerian sister in the diaspora I trying to gather a number of woke Nigerian-American youth to come together to solve our countries problems

Grand Ra-sing☀my beloved family. I'm from the diaspora and I just found out I have bloodline from the temne people of Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 and I'm so excited that I will be repatriating back myself in due time. I definitely will be playing a role in helping develop and build. Give thanks for this video my brother. #1Africa🌎

This guy made me to cry. He is 100%, plus correct

I think speaking from experience I don't think people do not want to go back and invest, but I think investment takes time. You can't be living in the west and think that you will be doing business with our families out there, because they will destroyed it and I am a victim of that. But again that is course by the misconception our people have about the west thinking that things are so easy that we get money easily. I in particular have tried to educate my family about the hustle we go through every day in the west in order to send something to start a business or even paying school fees for some, but some of them listening and not working with it and some of them just think you are too greedy or you talk too much. Well I have the intention to go back and invest in agriculture by God's grace, but first have to finish building. That way I do not have to stay in my family house or in a rented house, because if am coming to farm have to be there for good and involve in it. I might be over the topic but that's my take. Thank you Wode Maya for your kindle observation and thank you for venting out your anger/concern. I will definitely share this in all the group that am part of.👍👍

u said, " if i had money..." maybe that's what they are looking for.. 'money '...emotional video

Hopefully you will visit Sudan soon .❤️❤️ .it’s safe now after the revolution succeeded .

Thank you Maya for all the love you’re showing Mama Africa. It will come back to you a 1000s times. The scenario is the same in every African country, unfortunately. That’s the reason why Africans are leaving the continent. Foreigners own large parts of our economies & Those who stand up against this neocolonialism are quickly silenced.. Unity is the only way. Decolonize the mind, unite & free ourselves. keep up the great work. Hope the people of Salone hear your call..

Roll model my African fellow, peace to you Wede Mayia

Most of us have all kinds of excuses as "bad governments", " Its not safe there"! And other ridiculous excuses, yet foreigners are able to come in and do business without any problems!

jealous is much in salon, when u try to do some thing good for your country its the same salon people that put u down they rather help outsider grow there business than help a brother......there are lots of stories where someone goes home to do something and end up with one sickness or the other. i love my country but we salon people should come together and be one pray for our country

I went through some comment as far as I can,I noticed you liked all comment at least as much as I could read thats very thoughtful and shows how u appreciate everyone even negative ones,that's really impressive. Bless u

I’m a Sierra Leonean, there’s one big problem in our country the leaders respect foreigners more than we the citizens, all because of brown envelopes! Sierra Leone Leaders are too selfish... I was working as security guard in Sierra Leone, can you believe that the owner refused to pay me my 6 months salaries and when I reported to the police they just received brown envelope from the Lebanese man and forget about me... The last thing they told me is that if I go near the man again i will be lock up 😭😭😭😭 No Justice in my country 😭😭😭

Maya you are right, but it start with the government regulating it. most Sierra Leoneans living abroad do have a business back home but sometimes our people want to eat more than those who invest in the business even before the business developed. The government need to put in place some regulations preventing foreigners owning large percentage businesses like other Africans country. We will not stop investing our little change back home for those of us who are trying our best to do something back home. Lebanese, Indians and them lots treating our people badly because they work for them need to stop ASAP. We need to take control of our country and now is the time to do it.

I am also sad Maya . Thank you for your intervention

Maya talks with sincerity man. Respect to you Wode Maya. All Africans in the diaspora will surely return back home after following your channel.

Wode Maya I wanna come to SL I have huge family there. A lot of us can't come over because we're stuck in London trying to save to cone home....nothing to invest....that is the major factor.....we're struggling to survive financially here in the West

True my brother, am a Sierra Leonean living in Rochester, America our economy is in the hands of foreigners.

When you go to Liberia, it is the same. It is so frustrating. Everyone wants to work in government.

I’m from Sierra Leone, a Diaspora living in America. Thank you for visiting my county and calling Sierra Leonean to invest in Sierra Leone

Black Chinese thanks brother am form Sierra Leone am coming

Hello maya you are right my God bless you keep it up Africa to world

I feel your pain but we are our own enemies. If you don’t know people in high places, ...........

My Brother, may God bless you for saying the truth & the passion you have for Africa.

New found respect for Wode Maya 👏👏👏

Wode maya I have shared this video on Facebook and you have gone viral on the Sierra Leone community..thank you so much

1991-2002 were very dark years in the life of Sierra Leon. Some of us were in grade school by then. So all we saw and heard was the news. But let’s be clear, a lot of blood was spilled in that small country. A blood thirsty maniac call Foday Sankoh and his men killed over 50,000 people. Pregnant women were raped and their unborn babies ripped from their wombs. The limbs of innocents people were hacked, many of which were children. Like many wars, that war was just senseless. We believe a new day has come for Sierra Leon. We believe the country can rebuild. We believe it’s people will return. But we also believe the blood of those pregnant mothers who suffered rape, torture and murder are crying loud. We believe blood of those innocent babies are crying 😭 and need to be pacified. For those of us outside looking in, our question is, will that senseless slaughtering of human beings happen again? Have the citizens learned that a senseless war destroys their own country. what has changed? Has there been a loud call of all Sierra Leon to unit. Has there been a reconciliation commission. The truth is everyone is afraid of terror. And with that much terror waged on a country’s citizens, it will take time for people to heal and return. So in building nice beaches and resorts, let’s not forget the historic terror that happened in that country. Let’s all say, never again should we allow one man’s greed to become a leader of a country lead to so much blood shed.

"The Shackles Are Off Cone Home" ✈ FREE OUR MINDS 🌍

Go to new brookfields hotel on Jomo Kenyatta road, hotel Bamoi, wusum hotel etc they're all owned by Sierra Leoneans

I love you Wode Maya and I love your love for all of Africa! I share your sentiments and common sense!

The locals have no access to credit to finance businesses.

I agree with you Woda Maya hundred percent.I am sharing this video.Bless you.

Ask the Sierra Leon people in the country about why the situation is like that?

I feel your heart in your message Maya. Sierra Leone is such a beautiful country with so much potential! Please Sierra Leonians stop giving away your country's wealth and resources to others. Once you give it all away you'll never get it back and you will be foreigners in your own country! Praying for you my brothers and sisters.

I’m not living in Sierra Leone but I wish u did go to BO, kenema or makanie we the people from that side invest a lot! In Freetown it’s had to even get a place or land the moment the know u are from Europe the will now price u the amount u could use to buy a land and build in BO or kenema!!! It’s sad the people who own lands over there should stop being greedy!!!!! Thank for the message maya I hope the can understand why people are scared of investing some people have spend money the end up taken. The learn and give it to a white man that’s how crazy it can get

Don’t worry there are some of us working on it. My prayer everyday is that. In a year or two I will invite you to come back and check Sierra Leone out. It going to happen, thank you for the video. Keep shedding a light in Africa. We are all one

That's how I felt when I went to Jamaica earlier this year. I went to Montego Bay and all of the business on the "hip strip" are owed by east Indians. So all of that tourist money is barely going to the native Jamaicans smh. I come from a city in the states that has a very large Jamaican population and Jamaicans have businesses all throughout that city so I don't understand how this could be happening in their home country. I understand also that it could have something to do with government corruption but still, no excuse. We( the African diaspora) have to do better and take control of our communities and countries.

The problem Mr Maya with Africa at the moment is the level corruption in higher offices.Foreigners take over coz they come with extra forex to buy deals under the table.Regular Sierra Leone diasporans work hard to get whatever they getting and to come and give it to corrupt government officials might not cut it.

TRUE TALK!! Thanks for the reminder!! 💯👏🏾👏🏾

They destroyed their own people and country with wars, promoting their own political selfishness, now strangers have their country. The government needs to make the situations right, with policies to encourage that, with education and skills for the youths.

We need the government to build more infrastruktur ! The water in the dam is not enough to serve all of freetown . But the Mayor is trying to do her best and i Want to help with that. The population of freetown before the civil war was around 350 thousand inhabitats but the last time i was there it felt like a million people going about with nothing to do. Wode Maya what you don't understand is thet the neglegence S/L has seen was too much for most of us who cherish and Love our country. With that been Said we should come and guide the younger generation and give them the craft they need to go forward. I understand your sadness and we are sad too the landscape of freetown and it's provinces is just too beautiful and you Must understand our pain. My first 10 years in Sweden i cry every night missing my home my friends the life we had so it is not at all easy for us either. But Thanks for remembering the people of S/L ! Thank you very much we Will be there tooth or nail. S/L is always had these 3 group of people always working in the service industry but we need to come home boycot them and do it ourselves . We have learned so much now and we have the right mindset to to it. I could'nt sleep either yesterday the whole night was between crying and thinking what i should do. I spoke to people who are living currently in freetown and got to learn more of what is really going on, and it was actually 80% negative according to what she Said.

I'm coming back home next year I'm from Angola

Thank u WodeMya for being honest and straight forward

Every Sierra leone diaspora have to come back back to his mother land. I'm from Somalia and my country is not all safe and all Somali diasporas Come back to their country every time👏❤

You are so right, I really hope our brothers and sisters come back before the foreigners take over the whole continent. We need voices like yours, I can feel your frustration, Africa needs all its children to come and invest otherwise foreigners will supplant us

I think what you find is foreigners will work together owning the shops plus whole sale. They will activley out price local businesses until the compotition disapears. If you come from Europe people believe you are rich and will charge you extra . I have a freind who is returning and family that they trusted , fed, sent their children to school and paid them to watch their home was robbed twice. My freinds are still returning and are not rich their want to go home has been delayed by years because of hardships inflicted on them by their own relitives.

Its a struggle abroad and lots of people are struggling to make ends meet here in America.So yes i do understand what you're advocating for but the reality is its not a bed of roses over here,Maya!

There is a large community of descendants from Sierra Leone living in Charleston SC all the up the coast to Beaufort, SC, called the Gullah Community. They know who they are. They celebrate their heritage every year in the month of May. But, this large group of people where just acknowledged Sovereign. I doubt they uproot themselves, unless forced. However, African must know that many of us WILL RETURN!!! God is putting everything back the way it was; we just have to be patient and believe. Africa should also note that we are watching!!! Politics are playing hard in the background of Africa, so the Diaspora must use wisdom.

Powerful message Maya. Hurt but u speaking the truth. I'm a Sierra Leonean and yes it takes ourselves to develop our own countries. I'm so going take this message into consideration. God bless u.🙏 God bless one African. 🙏 I feel ur pain.

Is too much corruption and tribalism Bad heart in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱, I’m happy you see that bro.

Your comments about outsiders running businesses in black areas has a mirror image in the USA. I recently learned that I have descended from Sierra Leone, so I will be visiting soon, I hope in 2020.

You are on point my brother 👌👌🇸🇱🇸🇱