A popular Sierra Leonean musician, Lansana Sheriff, who was fondly called Steady Bongo, has Saturday 7 December 2024 lost his life to the cold hands of death at the Bo Government Hospital. Steady Bongo gave up after his involvement in a fatal accident along Porturu – Liberia highway whiles on his way to visit a sick brother in Portoru, where incident occurred, and was urgently rushed with to the regional medical facility where he died.
May the soul of Lansana Sheriff Steady Bongo rest in peace!
Source: FORUM NEWS and Media Reports
Biography of Steady Bongo
Lansana Sheriff (born on August 28, 1966, in Daru, Kailahun District, in the East of Sierra Leone) popularly known by his stage name Steady Bongo, is an internationally recognized Sierra Leonean musician and record producer. He is one of the most famous musicians from Sierra Leone.
Lansana Sheriff better known as Steady Bongo was born in Daru, a rural town in Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra Leone to an ethnic Mandingo father and a Mende mother. Steady Bongo grew up in a largely Mende speaking household in Daru. 
From an early age, he performed on stage, imitating musicians such as the legendary Big Fayia, Samile, Eric Donaldson, and Prince Nico. He hosted a programme called “Variety Time” at the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS). His first album, ‘Ready Before You Married’, was released in 1990 and became an instant success not only in Sierra Leone, but in neighbouring countries as well. 
His second album ‘Kormot Bi En Me’, released in 1996, received the Best Album Award and had record-breaking sales. The album was the first of Steady Bongo’s records to be released on CD in the United States. In 1998, he released Welcome to ‘Democracy Na Salone’ and ‘Born For Suffer’ in 1999. He’s one of the first musicians that popularised Sierra Leone music to the outside world.
Source: Steady Bongo’s Wikipedia page
