My squad is my family, my gun is my provider, and protector, and my rule is to kill or be killed..

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, theres still a beauty that co….

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods..

I believe in having a more open mind and including others who don't share your faith and having dialogue with them. And just having a pure heart and ….

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen..

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end..

I am always quiet so that I know what to say when I must speak..

My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time..

I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going t….

I grew up in Sierra Leone, in a small village where as a boy my imagination was sparked by the oral tradition of storytelling. At a very young age I ….

This days one must be careful to avoid awakening the pain of another..

How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?.

I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness..

...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance..

The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about fifteen languages and three dialects. I ….

I guess what I'd like to say is that people in Sierra Leone are human beings, just like Americans. They want to send their kids to school; they want ….

When I was young, my father used to say, ‘If you are alive, there is hope for a better day and something good to happen. If there is nothing good lef….

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion..

I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will….

Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them..

We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet to come tomorrow has possibilities, and we ….