Title: Telling and Showing: Witnesses Represent Sierra Leone's War Atrocities in Court and Onstage
Abstract: After a brutal civil war in Sierra Leone, a young prosecution witness in a war crimes tribunal in Freetown created, directed, and performed a drama that graphically portrays the trauma she and her fellow survivors experienced during the war. Stepakoff was the psychologist for the Special Court for Sierra Leone—working with victims of severe human rights violations—and an invited guest at the young woman's performance.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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