Sawyer believes that Liberia's problems stem right back to its foundation. The American slaves who arrived in the country had a survivalist, frontier mentality. Sawyer doesn't have one. Today, there are an estimated 70,000 Sierra Leoneans living in camps in Liberia displaced by the civil war. Sorious speaks to them about their experience.
People speak of poverty.
The need for someone to act as chief, to go out and provide for them. In the camp, a group of young men shout at Sorious, abuse him, tell him to go away. Sorious has been invited to the Executive Mansion to hear about Taylor's peace for the region and strategy for reconstruction of the county. Since his election in 1997, Taylor has made endless grandstand speeches on the theme of reconciliation and reconstruction. In July 1998, he was a key participant in a high profile National Conference on Liberia's Future, hosted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson.