1 ECOMOG stands for the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group. It was a military operation deployed in Sierra Leone to help end the war.
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Kamara, Mariatu
The bite of the mango / Mariatu Kamara; with Susan McClelland.
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1. Kamara, Mariatu. 2. Sierra Leone—History—Civil War, 1991–2002—Personal narratives—Juvenile literature. 3. Sierra Leone— History—Civil War, 1991–2002—Children—Biography—Juvenile literature. 4. War victims—Sierra Leone—Biography—Juvenile literature. 5. Amputees— Sierra Leone—Biography—Juvenile literature. I. McClelland, Susan II. Title.
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