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General psychology: trauma resulting from war https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1472271/#B44

- wartime causes more disability and deaths than other major diseases

- though wars impact mental health all over the world, I will be focusing briefly on the genocide in Rwanda. (essay content)

- Out of a test group of 2,091 citizens of Rwanda, 24.8% had symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as PTSD.

- 4 million people were displaced during the genocide.

- those who experienced a trauma have an affected attitude towards justice (negative effect)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15292086/ (and the first ncbi link too)

Intro to Aminatta Forna's experience with psychology and Forna info

- Forna's father was killed when she was 11 years old for protesting against officials

- go into how trauma at a young age is so impactful (essay- analyze)

https://www.noted.co.nz/archive/archive-listener-nz-2011/aminatta-forna-interview

- Forna's father was from Sierra Leone, making this a big possibility why "The Memory of Love" is set there.

- Sierra Leone Civil War- 1991-2002 (11 years)

- Forna's father was jailed many times before he was executed

- Forna explained how soldiers and citizens of Sierra Leone alike suffered from PTSD

https://tucollegian.org/aminatta-forna-recalls-trauma-and-discusses-its-impact/

"The Devil That Danced on the Water"

- Forna's memoir discussing her father's murder (her father was Mohamed Forna)

- her father was taken by the state secret police when she was ten and was executed a year later

- as a child during a time of conflict, Forna witnessed a lot of violence, both with her own eyes and through her father's death.

- Anger and sadness penetrates the writing in this memoir

https://aminattaforna.com/the-devil-that-danced-on-the-water.html

"Girl Rising"

- Forna writes about Mariama

- takes place in Sierra Leone as well

- Forna seems to make a lot of her novels in Sierra Leone (essay)

- Mariama lives in Sierra Leone and does well in school

- Mariama studies engineering at college

- her goal in life is to fight for education for girls who may not be able to afford it

- role model: Sia Koroma, who is the First Lady of Sierra Leone

- 2017- mudslides in Sierra Leone, Mariama and her family are well during it, but still had to endure tough times

https://girlrising.org/meet-the-girls

"Happiness"

- a psychiatrist (Dr. Attila Asare from Ghana) and a wildlife biologist (Jean Turane from America) (foxes) meet by chance

- Attila criticizes the "wrinkle-free" lifestyle people try to achieve, there is some discomfort in life.

- trauma survivors and foxes- foxes outsmart humans like the resilience of trauma survivors- they outsmart the pain and try to maintain normal lives.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/books/review/aminatta-forna-happiness.html""