Seeking peace in Sierra Leone
Dorothy Crowther shares her experiences as a trustee of Quaker Peace Networks West Africa
When Abdul Kamara was asked by his friends in civil war-ravaged Freetown, Sierra Leone, to join the rebels and fight, in 1998, his reply was emphatic: ‘No. I believe that fighting and war are wrong.’ As a result of his stance Abdul was tortured and imprisoned by both sides of the conflict. Eventually he and a friend managed to escape from Sierra Leone, which had no Quaker Meeting, to a refugee camp in nearby Ghana.
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