Editor of For Di People newspaper, Kamara crusades against corruption and champions freedom of the press, human rights, and democratic values.

Despite continual harassment and intimidation, Kamara has used his platform, the oldest independent paper in Sierra Leon, to expose abuse of power and to promote justice.

Kamara has been detained by various regimes and at times For Di People, has been banned. In 1996 there was an attempt to assassinate him, because of his demands for multi-party elections.

In 2004 Kamara was sentenced to two years in one of the country’s most notorious prisons stemming from articles that criticized President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. The court also recommended that For Di People be banned for six months. Kamara was released after a long court battle and pressure from the international community. He continues his struggle to bring a free press and justice to the Sierra Leone.

Kamara is President of the Association of Independent Journalists and Chairman of the National League for Human Rights. He served as Secretary of State, Lands, Housing and the Environment, in the transitional government that brought multi-party democracy to his country.

Kamara won the London International Press Directory Freedom of the Press award and the US-based World Press Review International Editor of the Year Award. His work has been supported over the last decade by organizations ranging from UNESCO, the National Endowment for Democracy, and Reporters Sans Frontieres.