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Agnes Umunna

She lived through the horror of two civil wars in her homeland of Liberia.

Then she began promoting reconciliation between war criminals and their victims.

Her worldwide campaign includes a stop soon at Mary Baldwin College.

But before speaking there, she speaks with us.

Guest:
Agnes Kamara Umunna - Author of And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation (Hyperion; March, 2011). Former host of the Liberian radio program "Straight from the Heart." Executive Director of the ongoing Straight From The Heart reconciliation project. Guest Lecturer at a series of events at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton on Tuesday, November 1 and Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

Additional Contributors:
Roderic Owen, Ph.D. - Director of the Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution program, and a Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Mary Baldwin College.

Heather Ward, M.IA - Director of International Programs at the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement, Mary Baldwin College.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.