Kamara, Mariatu.

The bite of the mango / by Mariatu Kamara with Susan McClelland. - Buffalo, NY : Annick Press, c2008. - 216 p. : maps ; 23 cm.

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Describes the life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her experiences as a child during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped, tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and discusses her experiences after the war.

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Kamara, Mariatu.


War victims--Biography.
Amputees--Biography.
Women--Biography


Sierra Leone--History.

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