Episode 8 - The House at Sugar Beach: Home is where the heartman is
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Helene Cooper takes us through her childhood in Liberia, and the hardship that she and her family endured after the coup of 1980, forcing her and her family to relocate to America and start a new a storyteller and playwright who is native to Liberia. Check out her projects and follow Ciatta-Mae on Instagram @Lappastories.
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