08/02/2026
Another one bites the dust.
Words we once said lightly,
carelessly,
like nothing more than a passing phrase.
But today they feel heavier.
Like stone.
Like soil.
Like a silence that refuses to lift.
Another young life paused.
Another future interrupted.
Another dream returned too soon to the earth.
Joshua Mansaray.
We graduated the same year from Milton Margai Technical University
walked the same campus,
shared the same classrooms,
chased the same hopes that come with youth and a certificate in hand.
We were not the closest of friends,
but we were connected by something simple and human
shared space, shared time, shared beginnings.
And sometimes, that alone is enough to feel the loss deeply.
Because when someone from your circle disappears,
the world shifts a little.
Two days ago, on the 6th of February,
we laid him to rest.
Dust to dust.
And it is hard not to wonder
how a young man seeking safety
could meet silence instead of protection.
How someone running toward help
could still be left alone.
Some questions have no easy answers.
Only ache.
We remember him gently
not as a headline,
not as a statistic,
but as a young graduate,
a brother among brothers,
a life that deserved time.
May the earth rest lightly on you, Joshua.
May your name not fade.
May your story awaken our conscience.
