Class of: 1990, 1994

Marc Sommers

Marc Sommers (GRS’90,’94) of Washington, D.C., published We the Young Fighters: Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone (University of Georgia Press, 2023), inspired by an interview with Sierra Leonean refugees. We the Young Fighters explains how three pop-culture icons—Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur, and John Rambo—unexpectedly influenced youth, terror-based warfare, and postwar peace in Sierra Leone.

From the Winter-Spring 2024 issue.