A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life - Plot & Excerpts
In his capacity as NAACP human rights attorney, he was able to arrange some meetings with various “key” politicians he thought would be able to help support my efforts in Sierra Leone. Or at the very least, people he thought would hear me out. I knew as well as he did that trying to convince U.S. politicians that Sierra Leone deserved a second, third, or fourth chance from the American government would be a difficult task. The last forty-five years of Sierra Leone’s leadership—or lack of it—had contributed to bringing the country to its knees, and its ultimately becoming a failed state. My team was scheduled to meet in my hotel room. There was a knock on the door. Sonya opened it and Jessica Peetoom from Congressman Kevin Brady’s office, Dr. Andre Panossian, Jackie Coker, and my new cameraman, Gonzalo Accame, all walked in. Gonzalo and his assistant began setting up their equipment. I carefully went through my notes on the agenda for the day as Crispian explained whom we would be meeting with.
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