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Sheka Tarawalie Author

Sheka Tarawalie was a print journalist in Sierra Leone during its war. He later sought asylum in the UK before being called back to serve in governance (most notably as Press Secretary to the President). His autobiography, Pope Francis, Politics and the Mabanta Boy (Matador), was published in 2019. Now back in Oldham, UK, he is a member of the Society of Authors and the National Union of Journalists.