a message from freetown to hull.its partner enjoys its year as the city of culture, expectations are growing as to what this will mean for freetown. i expect people will want to see a treat coming from freetown. all the stuff we've got going on, i'm sure it's true. they don't have a choice but to be treated. that the many people, sierra leone is not known for its culture, but that this, ebola. it's impact still resonates. 50,000 people also died in a civil war in the 1990s. sierra leone's refugee all—stars was formed during the crisis. people were killed in front of my eyes. i saw people burned in front of me. i lost my brother, my sister, my friends. it was too bad. the all—stars translated their suffering into lyrics that inspire and uplift. as part of the city of culture celebrations, they have travelled to hull to spread hope, i°y travelled to hull to spread hope, joy and faith. culture means a lot. good connections between freetown and hull city, so i'm excited. this year is not just and hull city, so i'm excite

a message from freetown to hull.rtner celebrates a year as city of culture, expectations are growing as to what this will mean for freetown. i think the people will expect to see some musical treats coming from sierra leone, a sister or brother city. when we come with all that freetown, all that style a nd with all that freetown, all that style and all that stuff that we've got going, i'm sure — they don't have a choice but to be thrilled. but for most people sierra leone's not known for its culture, but for this, the deadly ebola virus. progress has been made but its impact still resonates. before that, a brutal civil war in the 1990s, left more than 50,000 people dead and thousands more homeless. sierra leone's refugee all stars was formed during that crisis. people are being killed in front of my eyes. i saw them burn people like charcoal.” lost brothers, i lost sisters, i lost brothers, i lost sisters, i lost friends. really, it was too bad. the all stars translated their suffering into lyrics that inspire and up

this is freetown's version of the promotionalfilm that freetown's version of the promotional film thatusiness. it's one of rock music's most celebrated partnerships. during the 19705, celebrated partnerships. during the 1970s, david bowie and the spiders from mars changed for ever the face of popular music. and well the london born bowie was an art school graduate, the spiders from mars had a very different musical apprenticeship. they honed their skills on the tough club and pub circuit in hull playing as the rats. and suddenly there is only one spider left, drummer woody woodmansey and when he returned to hull earlier this year, he was taken ona hull earlier this year, he was taken on a walk down memory lane. 1972 and david bowie introduced to britain's music fans to ziggy stardust and his band, the spiders from mars. but the spiders weren't from mars, they were in fact from hull. drummer woody woodmansey is the only surviving member of the group and he has come back home to visit some of the places he hung out asa visit some of the places he hung out as a young musician before his b

narrator: the one referral hospital in the capital of freetown services a population of over 400,000 people. ibraham thorlie: good afternoon. narrator: though the hospital is severely understaffed, it is not the only reason so many people are dying. [ibrahamam thorlie] narrator: and often, those patients who come too late are very close to death. [ibraham thorlie] narratoror: rather t than watchg their patients die, many doctorors and nursrses like rerc pay fofor the worst caseses from ththeir own small l salaries. nanarrator: victor is one of the few w lucky survrvivors in a a e where so many die. however, the government has just l launched a program providing freeee health cacare f pregnant wenen and childldren under fiveve. [ibrahamam thorlie] narrator: so where are the best and worst places to be a mom?? for its state of the world's mother's report, "save the children" studied 164 countries and compiled a mothers index. at the top of the index, women have what they need to thrive: excellent medical services, plenty of skilled health workers, and opportunities for education and ad

aey wanted to keep passaic union freetown. that used pretty much everything they could in order to do that. 1920's, whatin the is referred to as welfare capitalism as an attempt to provide peace through having certain types of social benefits that would prevent workers from joining unions. but besides the carrot, they also used the stick. they set up a company union to prevent organized labor. they had a very elaborate system of espionage against the workers. so if you wanted to get a job in the, you have to get cleared by the wool council. they were sent into people's homes, in the factories. you, youlacklisted cannot get a job at any of the mills. and there was what the chief of police referred to as the passaic plan. where if they thought you are an , they were to you on h rain and get you out of the city. all of these things were used in order to keep out labor unions. 1920's, passaic was a the mainfor not having textile workers seeing in in the united states, the united textile workers, which was affiliated with the ameri