Growing Up Naked: Untold Stories of Children at War
On Wednesday May 26, 2010 @ 7:00 pm ( 60 min ) at Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch the Author, McAnthony Keah reads from Growing Up Naked: The Untold Stories of Children at War .
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In Liberia the civil conflict that lasted for a little over a decade not only tore down the country and broke families apart, it destroyed the lives of thousands of children and left them with wounds deeper than the physical eye can see. Like most of the African continent and elsewhere in some parts of the world, little boys and girls were taught to be killers. In Growing Up Naked: The Untold Stories of Children at War, Mc-Anthony Keah recreates the events and captures the story of the inner pain of child soldiers. In a powerful voice using fictional characters, the author brings together the victims (child soldiers), the researcher (Canadian student) and the world (conference participants) to explain what it means for the children and the implications for the world.
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Author's Biography
McAnthony Keah is originally from Liberia in West Africa. He lives in Toronto and is a consultant with expertise in policy, governance, human rights, micro-finance, institutional capacity building and community development.
Mr. Keah who is also a researcher has worked in Ghana, South Africa, Ivory Coast and the Marshall Islands. He has successfully implemented a number of development projects and programs including the UNDP Parliamentary Strengthening project in the Marshall Islands, a micro-finance program for refugees and local people in Ghana and has been involved with the development of the rule of law and governance “think tank” for Africa.
Mr. Keah researched and developed an alternative community based approached for rehabilitating child soldiers and war-affected children in the developing world better suited for community development.
Ottawa International Poets and Writers for human Rights (OIPWHR)
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