Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit

Tim Butcher
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For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which sprang many of Africa's cruellest contemporary icons. This travel book touches on one of the most fraught parts of the globe at a different moment in its history.
Genres: AfricaTravelNonfictionHistoryLiberiaSierra LeoneAdventureJournalismWarBiography
1000 Pages

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