Overview
Born three years before the brutal civil war broke out in Sierra Leone, my twenty-three siblings and I grew up amongst the daily heavy choices of what - ¬and who - must be sacrificed to survive. Everyone has scars. Everyone has fears. But not everyone comes from a family of 24 children. This is my story. This is my voice. The voice of both a child and a man. A child forced to end his childhood in order to survive. A man whose dreams are still haunted by memories of the war. From a country's war to a war within myself: this is the story of the 24th son. I have achieved my three goals-degree, wife and house-and was even lucky enough to have my beloved mother there to witness it. But will it all come undone because of the legacy of the war?Did I survive this much only to lose it still? Is this finally how my story ends? And what? just what do I need to truly be free?
- | Author: Ibrahim Bangura
- | Publisher: 24Th Son
- | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 374 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0645599107
- | ISBN-13: 9780645599107
