sierra leone armed forces were the rebels in a long way gone.
sierra leone armed forces were the rebels in a long way gone.
who are the rebels in a long way gone?
sierra leone armed forces
during their stay in mattru jong with gibrilla, khalilou, and kaloko, the ruf attacks. the three are able to flee the village without the rebels following them. they decide to head back home. on the way, it turns out that their village was also captured by the ruf. according to an old man who was sitting outside the village, most of the people had fled to a village on the sierra leone coast.
a long way gone
section::::"a long way gone".









































the town was featured prominently in the book "a long way gone" by ishmael beah, a memoir of the author's experiences during the sierra leone civil war. beah and his brother were visiting mattru jong with a group of friends when he learned that his home village of mogbwemo had been attacked by rebels. beah and his friends remained in mattru jong until the rebels arrived there about one month later.
mattru jong