Survivor of Sierra Leone's civil war Mariatu Kamara to have autobiography published tommorow

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Mariatu Kamara, who was captured and mutilated by soliders during Sierra Leone's civil war when she was twelve, will have her autobiography Bite of the Mango published tommorow.

The book, written with Susan McClelland and published by Bloomsbury, is on sale at £9.99 and you can obtain a copy for £8.49 at the Mail Bookshop.

Kamara is now living in Toronto, Canada. She is a Unicef Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflicts and is also studying to be a counsellor for abused women and children.

She has also set up the Mariatu Foundation.

You can read an extract from Bite of the Mango in the Daily Mail.

Sierra Leone's civil war, which began in 1991, caused the deaths of around 100,000 people as well as the displacement of millions. It ended in 2002.

Soliders from the Revolutionary United Front, who wanted to depose the government, were responsible for countless murders and mutiliations, including cutting off Mariatu Kamara's hands.

Sadly, the news that a survivor of a brutal civil war, who has used her life to help others, has published her life story, has recieved far less prominance in the British media than Stephen Fry's Twitter spat or Lady Gaga's Hello Kitty shoot.