At the frost-kissed edge of Sierra Leone’s Gola Rainforest, just before sunrise breaks over the Southern Province highlands, the air is crisp and still with the first pale light of day. Tall frost-bitten savanna grass sways in a soft, steady wind, layered with the low rustle of forest canopy leaves and the distant trickle of a forest stream heard through the trees. Early morning birdsong carried on the breeze weaves through the gentle breath of the wind, while a soft traditional panflute melody