Testimony Found Poems from the Special Court for Sierra Leone |
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| Author:
| Stepakoff, Shanee |
| Foreword by:
| Cole, Ernest D. |
| Series title: | The Griot Project Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68448-311-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2021 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $71.00 |
Book Description:
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Derived from transcripts of public testimonies at a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, this remarkable poetry collection delicately extracts heartbreaking human stories from the morass of legal jargon. Shanee Stepakoff finds a novel way to communicate not only the suffering of Sierra Leone's people, but also their courage, dignity, and resilience.
Derived from transcripts of public testimonies at a UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone, this remarkable poetry collection delicately extracts heartbreaking human stories from the morass of legal jargon. Shanee Stepakoff finds a novel way to communicate not only the suffering of Sierra Leone's people, but also their courage, dignity, and resilience.