In The Sky There Are Always Answers

My Childhood Had Gone By Without My Knowing, And It Seemed As If My Heart Had Frozen.

I Believe That There Is A God, And Coming From An African Tradition, I Believe Also That There Are Gods.

In Early 1993, When I Was 12, I Was Separated From My Family As The Sierra Leone Civil War, Which Began Two Years Earlier, Came Into My Life.

I Am Always Quiet So That I Know What To Say When I Must Speak.

Whenever I Speak At The United Nations, Unicef Or Elsewhere To Raise Awareness Of The Continual And Rampant Recruitment Of Children In Wars Around The World, I Come To Realize That I Still Do Not Fully Understand How I Could Have Possibly Survived The Civil War In My Country, Sierra Leone.