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That place where we lost our language, lost ourselves. They told us we had no history but darkness, so they kept the books away for fear we might understand the truth better, and thus find those lost selves.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[122,127],{"id":123,"tag":124},1758464,{"id":125,"tag_name":126},462,"history",{"id":128,"tag":129},1758465,{"id":130,"tag_name":131},3171,"tradition","**The Backstory**\n\nWayétu Moore, an American author and journalist, wrote these poignant lines likely drawing from her experiences growing up as a Sierra Leonean refugee in the United States. Born in 1984 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Moore's family fled the country during its brutal civil war, which ravaged the nation from 1991 to 2002. 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