By: Alusine Rehme Wilson
Many people in Makeni and beyond are still in shock after News broke out on Monday, May 9, 2022 morning about the death of the late Augustine Alimamy Conteh, a former English Language Teacher at the Saint Francis Secondary School in Makeni.
The last Linguist's death was announced On Radio Mankneh, a local network in Makeni barely one hour after he had left the studios as one of the guest for the its popular “Good Morning Salone Show” where he had talked about the Biriwa College of Education, Science and Technology that is underway to be established in his hometown Kamabai.
He was spotted lying dead by the roadside with his motorbike being damaged at Mile 11 a village along the Binkolo-Kabala highway in Bombali district, Northeaster Sierra Leone.
Upon his photos spreading far and wide on WhatApps and other social media, his relatives and some of his colleagues Teachers had rushed to the scene where it has been confirmed that he had lost his life to a fatal road accident, and his remains has been taken to the Regional Government Hospital Mortuary in Makeni until a date is eventually announced for his funeral arrangement.
Until his death the late man was English Language Teacher and Head of the Language Department at the Saint Francis Secondary School in Makeni at the same time was the Bombali District Chairman for the Concern Teachers Union, Sierra Leone.
In the last hours since his death was confirmed, hundreds of tributes are still floating on and off Facebook, WhatApps and other social media platforms from his former pupils, colleague teachers, administrators, friends, family members, descendants of Biriwa chiefdom and many others who are mourning the death of man believed to be an upright character, people’s advocate and mentor to many.
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