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A vision for the future of Sierra Leone

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    On Tuesday, January 16, 1996,
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    I walked in to the office of the president
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    as Head of State
    of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
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    I had not been elected.
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    Four years earlier,
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    I was one of of 30 heavily-armed
    military officers,
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    all in our 20s,
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    who had driven from the war front
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    into the capital city, Freetown.
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    We had only one objective:
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    to overthrow a corrupt, repressive,
    and single-party dictatorship
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    that had kept itself in power
    for over 25 years.
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    But in the end, it wasn't a violent coup.
Title:
A vision for the future of Sierra Leone
Speaker:
Julius Maada Bio
Description:
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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
16:13

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