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My first experience with war began when i heard about the brutal civil war in Liberia, 1989. This mist, which at first seemed like a man s fist, blew and turned out to be a tempestuous wind that later hit Sierra Leone with devastating effect, and this became one of the darkest spots in the history of West Africa at the time. Like many people then, and may be future generations, I became interested in why and how such madness was unleashed on Sierra Leone during 1991-2002.

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Moses Massa is a graduate from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone,B.A Hons; Mphil,Peace and Conflict Transformation,Tromso, Norway; Diploma in Development Diplomacy in Peace and Security, Kofi Annan International Peace Training Centre, Ghana. He is also a Senior Chevening Fellow in Peace and Conflict Resolution, York University, UK.

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