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For Sierra Leonean Americans
What Survived the Crossing
Something survived the crossing. This is where you name it and decide what you're building with it.
For the Sierra Leonean American person navigating what it means to belong to a country with a history of civil war and displacement — and to build identity in America that honors both the survival and the becoming
The Name It First Experience
Sierra Leone's civil war shaped your family's story — directly or through the inherited weight of what the people who raised you survived. You navigate being Sierra Leonean in America, which means carrying a history that most people around you don't know and can't imagine. This workbook is about naming what survived, what you're carrying, and what you're building. Not to compress a complex story. To name it clearly enough to know what you're passing forward. You leave with The Sierra Leonean American Identity Record — a named document of who you are and what you're building.
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Sample questions
- What survived the crossing — and what are you building with it?
- What does Sierra Leonean identity mean to you personally — separate from the history and the war?
- What would you want someone to understand about what it means to be Sierra Leonean American?
Research basis
Phinney (ethnic identity development) / Berry (acculturation framework) / Dei (African identity and education) / Hall (cultural identity theory) / Obi (Sierra Leonean diaspora identity)
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