Three months ago, two extended families in Pyne Town stopped speaking. The dispute was about a half-acre of land — and about who could speak for the elders who had passed. By last month, it was about much more than that.
This week, both families sat down at Voice of Sinoe with a panel of three elders and the District Commissioner. The session went on for over two hours. Voice of Sinoe broadcast it live, with one rule: no caller would name a person by name.
The outcome was not a verdict. It was a calendar — a set of four follow-up meetings, all to be held at the station, all to be witnessed by the elders panel. The first meeting is next Saturday.
This kind of work is slow. It does not produce neat headlines. But it is part of what a community radio is for.
