Sarah Culberson was raised by a white family in West Virginia, then she found out she's the princess of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. But her story isn't exactly a fairy tale.

I speak Mende (a language predominantly spoken in the south-eastern region of Sierra Leone) to my 6-month old daughter. Every now and then I translate some Mende words back to English. Since 2012 ...

STORY INFO - Through DNA analysis at www.africanancestry.com, Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts had his heritage traced to the Songhi people of Niger and the Mende people of Sierra Leone.

Julius Maada Bio, 53, a former coup-maker who once apologised for exactions carried out by his comrades, is taking a second stab at leading Sierra Leone as a civilian. The straight-talking retired ...

What to eat. 1. Cassava leaf plasa Pounded and shredded cassava leaves are cooked in coconut oil, onions, ogiri (fermented oil seeds), butter beans, peanut butter and a little okra.