Survived: The Journey

by Memuna Barnes

In the spirit of Live and Become, A Town Like Alice, and Anne Franks’ Diary, Memuna Barnes relives the terrifying upheaval and daily trauma of her capture by rebel forces and the long journey till her safe return home. This is the woman’s war story. The devastation of family and two nations, while two prayers gave her the will to survive and the hope for freedom.

496 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2013

About the author

Barnes, I was born in Liberia. When I was a little girl war broke out in my country and my younger sister, my aunt and I fled to our paternal home - Sierra Leone to sought refuge. I was 14 years old when I was taken captive by Sierra Leone's rebel soldiers. It was two harrowing years before I saw my family again.
The notoriously violent civil war in Sierra Leone was responsible for the deaths of 50,000 people and the maiming of countless others. Now, more than a decade after it ended, I have written my biography titled SURVIVED: The Journey about my harrowing experience in the hands of rebel forces.