One World Link
	The friendship link between Bo District in Sierra Leone and Warwick District in the United Kingdom
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	One World Link Archive
	OWL Materials in hard copy only - not in our on-line archive
	OWL Documents and the OWL Collection in Leamington Public Library
	For other documents in hard copy held by OWL, Warwick, see 'Other hard copy'
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OWL Information
Warwick OWL Minutes from January 1985
Warwick OWL Accounts from July 1081
Background papers from 1979
Bo OWL Committee minutes 1981-1991
Warwick OWL Schools Subcommittee Minutes 1982-1983
Warwick OWL Health Subcommittee Minutes 1984-1993
Letters
Correspondence with other agencies
Book lists
Plans of the Bo OWL Community Centre
Press cuttings
Photographs
The Timeline banner, 1981-2006 (the paper equivalent of the on-line timeline)
Building Community Partnerships between UK and Sierra Leone Conference Report, UKOWLA and OWL, 2006
Books in the OWL Collection in Leamington Spa Public Library
Author and Title		Description
Katrina Manson and James Knight		Sierra Leone (travel guide)
compiled by Arnold Awoonor Gordon		Sierra Leone- The milestones in the history of a country in important dates from 500B.C. - 1902 A.D
Josaya Bangali		My Country is Sick (a book of poems)
Emily Joy, Green Oranges on Lion Mountain		The author's account of her two years in Sierra Leone with Voluntary Service Overseas. She had only the skills of a GP when she arrived, but was forced to perform surgical operations almost from the start. When rebel attacks in the area forced many members of staff to  leave, Dr. Em found herself Medical Superintendant of the Serabu Hospital.
C.Magbaily Fyle,  The History of Sierra Leone		A concise and readable introduction which starts with the earliest societies and ends with the political and economic situation in the late 1970s.
Victor S Weeks Okrafo-Smart ,  Over a Century in the Lives of a Liberated African Family, 1816-1930		Over a century in the lives of a liberated African family, 1816 - 1930.    A detailed and well-documented account of the very sucessful descendants of a liberated slave. The book would be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about Sierra Leone during the period.
UKOWLA Toolkit for Linking; Opportunities and Challenges.		A handbook for community groups or institutions of every kind who are interested in setting up a link. It covers everything from the reasons for linking to sustaining a link and solving problems which arise. The pages may be photocopied.
Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone - memoirs of a boy soldier.		A firsthand account of how, as a boy of 12. he had wandered around the country fleeing from the rebels. A year later he became a soldier in the government army and, despite his gentle nature, learned to commit dreadful acts of violence.
Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation.		A novel by a 23 year-old Nigerian born in the United States. The harrowing story of a boy soldier somewhere in Africa.
Bertha Montgomery, Cooking the West African Way		A colourful collection of recipes and menus from West Africa.
Buchi Offodile, The Orphan Girl and other stories / West African FolkTales retold		Explores the roots of the storytelling tradition in the history and culture of West Africa and continues with a collection of tales retold by the author.
Hilary Lyons, Old Watering Holes-Mayo to Serabu.		The fascinating story of an Irish nun who trained as a doctor and spent 40 year in Sierra Leone -  mostly in Serabu about 30 miles south of Bo.
John Hirsch, Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the Struggle for Democracy.		The relationship between the diamond trade and the civil war.
Paul Richards, Fighting for the Rain Forest: War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone.		The effect of the civil war on the youth of Sierra Leone and the influence of the rain forest in shaping the war and their attitudes.
Teun Voeten, How’s de Body?		A photojournalist’s account of his terrifying journey through Sierra Leone during the civil war.
Jarret-Macauley, Moses, Citizen and Me.		A novel. When Julia flies to Sierra Leone to meet her uncle for the first time in 20 years, she is shocked to find that her 8-year-old cousin has served as a child soldier.
Michael Jackson, In Sierra Leone.		An ethnologist, poet and novelist writes his analysis of the civil war and its effect on the people of Sierra Leone. Having lived in the country in 1969, he returned in 2002 to view the situation for himself and to renew old acquaintances.
Aminatta Forna, The Devil That Danced on Water		An autobiographical account of the author’s childhood in Scotland in the 60’s, where she faced racial intolerance, followed by a description of the political upheavals in Sierra Leone, the country from which her father came.
People’s Educational Association of Sierra Leone (pub). Fishing in Rivers of Sierra Leone: oral literature		Stories, songs, riddles and proverbs, interviews and photographs representing 13 ethnic groups of Sierra Leone.
Earl-Conteh Morgan and Mac Dixon Fyle, Sierra Leone at the end of the 20th Century: history, politics and society.		This book traces the history of Sierra Leone from pre-colonial times to 1999, concentrating on political, economic and social questions.
Chinua Achibe, Things Fall Apart.		A novel from Nigeria
Maggie Black, The No-nonsense Guide to International Development		A discussion of international development from initial aid to economic development and sustainability.
Anne-Marie Saquet, World Atlas of Sustainable Development.		A concise, accessible and attractive atlas which will be of interest to anyone who is concerned about tomorrow’s world.
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