A very personal face on the legacy of Sierra Leone’s brutal war. Page thru all of the photos by clicking ‘next.’ Heartbreaking. I met many people with similar stories in Sierra Leone.
During Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, rebels developed the horrific tactic of chopping off the hands or legs of civilians as a way of sowing terror in the population.
Mamusu Thoronka, 41, was one of the many thousands of people affected.
Four years after the end of the war, she explains how she is trying to support her family, without any help from the government.
Okay…I have to admit, at first I wasn’t reading the commentary next to the photos and suddenly I came across the picture of the chicken and chicklets….I was confused….then I went back to read all the text…Jesus…a story like this just shows me how incredible people are and how atrocious they are too….thanks for posting it.