General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:3/8

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #3 / No. 8

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009775

Date of production

1998-05

Date

1998

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

11 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

This video contains footage of a ward for victims of the RUF's mutilation campaign. The ward was supported through donations by MSF (Doctors Without Borders). At the time of this recording, the hospitals in Freetown were overwhelmed by a high volume of civilian patients from Kono District suffering from attacks at the hands of AFRC/RUF rebels. The next section contains footage of President Kabbah attending a memorial on May 14, 1998, for his late wife, Patricia Kabbah, who died on May 4 in London while recovering from surgery. The video ends with footage of thousands of demonstrators who took the streets of Freetown, Bo, Makeni, and Kenema on May 16, 1998, to show their support for British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone Peter Penfold and the role he played in restoring the country's civilian government.

Context

Associated Names

Independent Television Network (ITN) (Creator/Author)