num_pages: 238
description: Bella a teenage girl recounts her hard and harsh experiences during the 1990's civil war in Burundi [Central-East Africa] that resulted in her being forced by her loving mother to stay with a relative in Congo [former Zaire]. But Congo too will eventually collapse soon and Bella is once again on the run for her life this time at a foreign land and in charge of her younger siblings. Starvation and exhaustion torture the lonely kids. A well-of family friend met abroad refuses the vulnerable 'orphans' a ride to safety in her boat. Only miracles from heaven will save the lives of the penniless children while canoeing toward Tanzania. A new round of different difficulties follow the siblings even at 'the land peace.' Having sent her brothers to Burundi as requested by her mother Bella -along with her younger sister Zawadi- finds sanctuary at a refugee camp and meets her betrayer face to face.
language: English
title: Mother in my Mind: Memoir of a Teen Girl in the Killing Fields of Africa
publisher: BLAIRE MARCEL ITEKA