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Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit

by Tim Butcher · 2010

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For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which sprang many of Africa's cruellest contemporary icons. This travel book touches on one of the most fraught parts of the globe at a different moment in its history.

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traveltravelMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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adventureadventureMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisLiberiaLiberiaMore like thisLess of thisSierra LeoneSierra LeoneMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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