Probably spend as much time outside — go for a walk in the mountains and try to fit in the beach too. Tokeh Beach on the Freetown Peninsula is particularly beautiful. With its white powdery sand ...

A new generation of Sierra Leoneans is eager to show visitors that the nation's civil war is long gone and reintroduce one of Africa's great destinations to the world.

Sitting in the shade of a palm tree on Tokeh Beach, one of Sierra Leone's many postcard-worthy, white-sand waterfronts, Peter Momoh Bassie told me his story. "I am not ashamed to say I was part of ...