Freetown — Confusion with Dates
There is definitely a problem with the dates on the book; there is a big misgiving about Ishmael's assertion that his troubles started in 1993 when his village and surrounding areas were attacked and plunged into chaos by rebels. Mohamed Koroma who was living at Mattru Jong but left after 1995 with his father said that there were intermittent attacks by rebels in that area from 1993 upwards, but was very doubtful that there was any mass movement of people from that area in 1993. "More so, attacks by 1993 were very rare and not always successful. Even if someone whose village was attacked around that time got displaced I don't think they would have moved up to Yele, because there was no need for that when other main areas were safe. It was in 1995 that we saw real mayhem around that area which even forced thousands of others and my father who was a businessman to run away for their lives," said Mohamed.
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