The author, Yankuba, was born in The Gambia, West Africa. He grew up hearing that his brother had traveled to a far away place, since before he was born. When the author grew up the family came to learn that their long lost son lived in Liberia, where civil war had broken out in 1989. Yankuba embarked on "The Search for a Lost Brother" without a clue of the brother's exact whereabouts or address. There was war in Liberia at the time. During the search he was appreheneded by Charles Taylor more...
