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Ballerina dreams

from orphan to dancer
2014
The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Taking flight

from war orphan to star ballerina
The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Blood diamond

2007
Smuggler Danny Archer joins with fisherman Solomon Vandy in the midst of the civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999 to recover a rare and very valuable pink diamond, and rescue Vandy's young son who has been conscripted into the rebel forces.

Child soldiers

Sierra Leone's revolutionary united front
2010
Draws on interviews and focus groups with child soldiers to examine how they were initiated into the civil war in Sierra Leone and the challenges they faced after the war.

Blood diamonds

tracing the deadly path of the world's most precious stones
2012
Provides information on the history and inner workings of the diamond smuggling industry in Sierra Leone.

Ballerina dreams

from orphan to ballerina
2014
The autobiography of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her life in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Taking flight

from war orphan to star ballerina
2014
The memoir of Michaela DePrince, who lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until being adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Taking flight

from war orphan to star ballerina
Michaela DePrince lived the first few years of her live in war-torn Sierra Leone until she was adopted by an American Family. Now seventeen, she is one of the premiere ballerinas in the United States.

Ancestor stones

2006
Abie travels to the coffee groves of Kholifa Estates in West Africa, where she hopes to rediscover her past and learns of her aunts' struggle to survive in the midst of change, violence, and loss.

Tamba and the chief

a Temne tale
1998
While seeking the village of Chief Kotombo, Tamba offers aid to the animals he meets along the way, and later they return his kindness, enabling him to marry the chief's daughter.

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