Landscape of Memories

THIS IS A REVISED EDITION PUBLISHED IN 2018. "Landscape of Memories" is about a town located on the edge of the diamondiferous Kono district in Sierra Leone that is blessed yet scared by the ills and gains of the diamond industry. Adama the central character and her husband Silakeh made a transit stop in the town on their way to Kono and the transit became a home that was hit by personal tragedy - the death of Silakeh in a mining accident. She survives the tragedy yet contends with the struggle to navigate the socio-cultural nuances of her adopted community as a single mother against the backdrop of her Muslim faith.Then a war triggered by bad governance and fueled by resources from the diamond industry came, putting the town at the epicenter of the war; the devastation was both physical and psychological, reducing a once prosperous community to dereliction. The struggle to rebuild the remains of their lives is at the core of the novel.