We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone

by Marc Sommers

We the Young Fighters is at once a history of a nation, the story of a war, and the saga of downtrodden young people and three pop culture superstars. Reggae idol Bob Marley, rap legend Tupac Shakur, and the John Rambo movie character all portrayed an upside-down world, where those in the right are blamed while the powerful attack them. Their collective example found fertile ground in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, where youth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820364738
• ISBN13: 9780820364735
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"