John Leigh (ambassador)
John Ernst Leigh was an Ambassador for Sierra Leone to the United States who served during the Sierra Leone Civil War. Leigh was also a Presidential candidate for the Sierra Leone People's Party during the 2007 Presidential elections in Sierra Leone.
Family Background
John Leigh grew up in Cline Town, Sierra Leone, and alongside his other brother Frederick, attended Albert Academy School in Freetown. John Leigh was the son of a Sierra Leonean father of Creole descent and a Mende Sierra Leonean mother. John Leigh's father, Evelyn Leslie Foy Leigh was a civil servant and his family descended from the original Nova Scotian Settlers.
gollark: There are still more "industry-oriented" options for studying it and some which are less so.
gollark: Computer science isn't software engineering, though. CS is meant to teach more theory-oriented stuff.
gollark: As in, you think the majority of them don't *ask* for it, or you think the majority don't need degree-related skills?
gollark: The entry-level desk job things will probably get increasingly automated away anyway.
gollark: I didn't say that that produces *good* outcomes for people involved.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070817114303/http://www.changesierraleone.org/bio.asp
- http://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/article.php3?id_article=1981
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