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"The New Disease" sets out to present the dilemma of a young man, Bondawaa, who wants to use western education to develop the young generation of his extended family into “a forest of giant tress.” Without developing himself into a giant tree first, Bondawaa finds his task herculean to accomplish. However, the spirit of his granddad, which is the driving force behind his dream, continues to remind him of this mammoth task again and again, especially when he senses that Bondawaa is being distracted.

Frederick Bobor James was born at Yonnie village in Ngawo chiefdom, Bo district, southern Sierra Leone. He attended Bo District Council Primary School and Bumpe High School at Bumpe, his chiefdom headquarters. He received tertiary education at Milton Margai Teachers College (now Milton Margai College of Education and Technology), and Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone. Frederick is an Adult Educator and a Communication for Development Specialist. He has two published plays to his credit: "The Weaver Birds", and "The Runaway"; and his poems have appeared in anthologies at home and abroad. Frederick is married with children.