Word: edgarã
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...Sunday, May 25th, 1997, the unthinkable happened in Freetown. Edgar??s family awoke that morning to the sounds of gunfire, helicopters, and exploding grenades in the streets outside their house as RUF rebels, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma plundered the city, destroyed local shops and diplomatic missions. Koroma went on to oust the freely elected president of Sierra Leone, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah because he was dissatisfied with Kabbah’s inability to secure peace in a country that had seen constant fighting for the past seven years. Determined to tear down the existing governmental regime with...
...Edgar?? first thought was of how his normal routine had been so rudely interrupted: his father was about to go run some errands, he had an exam the following week to prepare for, and he was also planning to go down to the beach with his brother, Victor, later in the day. As the rebels hiding in the hills and stalking the streets continued to fire shots, Edgar stayed with his family inside their house and his thoughts took on a darker dimension. He recalled the many stories he had heard about what the rebels had done...
...been completely destroyed, and the once-statuesque colonial-era buildings had become mere shells with “4 crumbling walls and not much else.” Cars were burnt out and destroyed and Edgar discovered that his favorite hang-out spot was riddled with bullet holes. Edgar?? original hunch that the nation’s political leaders had “given up” on the country was proved correct—almost all the senior government ministers had escaped, leaving the nation with “an overwhelming feeling of defenseless?...
...Edgar??s family soon had a decision to make. They heard on various radio reports that “Americans were coming!” Edgar??s mother, originally from the US, discovered that an US jet carrier boat would be arriving the next day to transport all American citizens to the nearby Guinea. With RUF leaders declaring that no one would be allowed to leave the country because the entire state was on lock down, the Edgar family faced a perilous decision. “I really didn’t want to go?...