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Before Before A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone

Author
Small, Betsy
Published
University of Michigan Press 2025
Physical Description
1 online resource (219 p.)
Additional Creators
Small, Betsy
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eng
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Summary
Sierra Leone is often sensationalized as a place of extreme violence and suffering-of blood diamonds, child soldiers, war amputations, and Ebola and now the highly addictive drug Kush. Before Before captures daily life in a different country, one Betsy Small first encountered as a Peace Corps worker between 1984-1987, and then rediscovered when she returned decades later with her daughter. Living in Tokpombu, a remote community of forty rice-farming families, the author faced struggles that changed her forever and witnessed the growing tensions in this rainforest village-between the young and old, between the traditions of oral history and honoring the ancestors valued by the elders and the siren call of the illicit diamond mines faced by the youth. Before Before offers a rare portrait of everyday people, with particular focus on the lives of women and girls, before the brutal war of 1991 tore the country apart. Through Small's account of immersion in another world as she witnessed injustice and was welcomed as a friend, readers are invited to explore the shared ground of our humanity.
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ISBN
9780472057290
9780472077298
9780472904907
Collection
OAPEN Library.
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Creative Commons Licence
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