Sierra Leone, 1961: Birth of a Nation
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Finally, I want to dedicate this episode to Amina, Sanu, and John Kay the best mechanic ever, who I met in 2012 in Freetown; and also, to all survivors, and to the memory of the more than 50,000 innocent who lost their lives during the war.
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