THE RETURN FOR FOOD

Sierra Leone 1993.

• Who was involved?: Ishmael, Junior, Talloi, Gibrilla, Kaloko, Khalilou, and the rebels.

• When did the event happen?: The event took place approximately between March 1993, after they escaped from Mattru Jong.

• Where did the event happen?: The event took place in Mattru Jong.

• What happened?: The boys decided to go back to Mattru Jong to get some money that they left in Khalilou’s house in order to buy some food, they succeeded and one of them got killed, when they escaped Mattru Jong again and reached a village to buy food, people were no longer selling it.

• Why did it happen?: Due to the lack of food, the boys were forced to go back to Mattru Jong as a desperate move to get money in order to buy food.