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Up Front: Book Examines Influence of Pop Culture Figures on Young Fighters in Sierra Leone Civil War


Up Front: Book Examines Influence of Pop Culture Figures on Young Fighters in Sierra Leone Civil War
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A new book by acclaimed author Marc Sommers—examines how pop culture figures like American rapper Tupac, Reggae icon Bob Marley, and the movie character Rambo, inadvertently radicalized young people to fight in Sierra Leone's decade long civil war.

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