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Scars and Stripes:Liberian Youth after the War
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After Liberia's 14-year civil war a generation of youth were left knowing nothing but war. Some remained in Liberia, while others fled to places such as Staten Island. Reporter Ruthie Ackerman and photographer Andre Lamberston travel from Staten Island to Liberia to explore the challenges facing youth in post-war Liberia and see what happens when they arrive on American soil. For more information about this reporting project( including a live blog from the field, photographs and print articles) visit: http://www.pulitzercenter.org/showproject.cfm?id=40
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PulitzerCenter
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pulitzercenter, liberia, warchild, child, soldiers, charles, taylor, staten, island, ackerman, lambertson, rehabilitation,
Scars and Stripes:Liberian Youth after the War
Description:
After Liberia's 14-year civil war a generation of youth were left knowing nothing but war. Some remained in Liberia, while others fled to places such as Staten Island. Reporter Ruthie Ackerman and photographer Andre Lamberston travel from Staten Island to Liberia to explore the challenges facing youth in post-war Liberia and see what happens when they arrive on American soil. For more information about this reporting project( including a live blog from the field, photographs and print articles) visit: http://www.pulitzercenter.org/showproject.cfm?id=40
Author:
PulitzerCenter
Tags:
pulitzercenter, liberia, warchild, child, soldiers, charles, taylor, staten, island, ackerman, lambertson, rehabilitation,
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