Allah is Not Obliged

When tenyearold Birahimas mother dies he leaves his native village in Guinea accompanied by the sorcerer and cook Yacouba to search for his aunt Mahan Crossing the border into Liberia they are seized by rebels and forced into military service Birahima becomes a childsoldier Fighting in a chaotic civil war alongside many other boys Birahima sees death torture dismemberment and madness but somehow manages to retain his own sanity