General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/8

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 8

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

1995-12-02

Date

1995

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

3 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

The week this footage was shot witnessed the beginning of peace talks involving the OAU (Organization for African Unity), the RUF, and the NPRC (National Provisional Ruling Council). Despite this, much of the Sierra Leone countryside was under RUF siege. The video includes footage of SLA soldiers at roadblocks and checkpoints on the outskirts of Bo, a town 100 miles southeast of Freetown; footage from the nearby town of Mirraba in the aftermath of a 1994 attack; an interview with Brigadier Julius Maada Bio (Deputy Chairman at NPRC and Chief of Defense Staff, Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces, RSLMF), and footage of an MSF (Doctors Without Borders) camp for victims of the RUF amputation campaign.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)