Sierra Leone: Inside the War: History and Narratives

by Bernard S Moigula, James Higbie, Bernard S. Moigula

Book Overview

In 1991 a brutal civil war broke out in Sierra Leone, a small country on the west coast of Africa. Masterminded by Muammar Qaddafi of Libya and Charles Taylor of Liberia, the war engulfed the poverty and corruption-ridden country for ten years. Notorious for "blood diamonds" and amputations, the war saw child soldiers murdering and mutilating civilians, and young people abducted to be fighters and sex slaves. Sierra Leone: Inside the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9745241989
• ISBN13: 9789745241985
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Orchid Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"