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Sierra Leone


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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Publisher Comments
My new friends have begun to suspect I havent told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”... (read more)

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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
by Aminatta Forna
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Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood that became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain... (read more)

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A Long Way Gone
A Long Way Gone
by Ishmael Beah
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The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.... (read more)

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Publisher Comments
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I... (read more)

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How De Body?: One Man's Terrifying Journey through an African War
How De Body?: One Man's Terrifying Journey through an African War
by Teun Voeten
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In 1998, acclaimed photojournalist Teun Voeten headed to Sierra Leone for what he thought would be a standard assignment on the child soldiers there. But the cease-fire ended just as he arrived, and the clash between the military junta and the West... (read more)

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
Publisher Comments
My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. "Why did you leave Sierra Leone?" "Because there is a war." "You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?" "Yes, all the time." "Cool." I... (read more)

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Long Way Gone Uk
Long Way Gone Uk
by Ishmael Beah
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My new friends have begun to suspect I haven't told them the full story of my life. Why did you leave Sierra Leone? Because there is a war. You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other? Yes, all the time. Cool.You should tell... (read more)

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Devil That Danced on the Water a Daughters Quest
Devil That Danced on the Water a Daughters Quest
by Aminatta Forna
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The memoir of a young African girl growing up in 1960s Aberdeen. Widely reviewed and well received in hardback. Has been compared to "Wild Swans" and "Repossessing Ernestine". "A book of quite extraordinary power and beauty. Ammanita Forna has excavated... (read more)

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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
by Aminatta Forna
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As a child Aminatta Forna witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain, and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny. Mohamed Forna was a man of unimpeachable... (read more)

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In the Land of Magic Soldiers: A Story of White and Black in West Africa
In the Land of Magic Soldiers: A Story of White and Black in West Africa
by Daniel Bergner
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An Los Angeles Times Best Book 2003 In Sierra Leone, rampaging soldiers have made a custom of hacking off the hands of their victims, then letting them live as the ultimate emblem of terror. The country is so desperate that, forty years after... (read more)

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In Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone
by Michael Jackson
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In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently lived and worked as an ethnographer since 1969. While... (read more)

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How de Body?: One Man's Terrifying Journey Through an African War
How de Body?: One Man's Terrifying Journey Through an African War
by Teun Voeten
Publisher Comments
In 1998, acclaimed photojournalist Teun Voeten headed to Sierra Leone for what he thought would be a standard assignment on the child soldiers there. But the cease-fire ended just as he arrived, and the clash between the military junta and the West... (read more)

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A Long Way Gone; Signed First Edition
A Long Way Gone; Signed First Edition
by Ishmael Beah
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Physiography of Sierra Leone
Physiography of Sierra Leone
by F Dixey
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Used - Pamphlet

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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah
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