My name is Tarnue Kootee Korvah. In 1990, just at the beginning of the Civil War in my country Liberia, we fled to a village where we needed news about the war in order to know which way to seek refuge.

Since I was the only learnt boy with my mother in the bush, I managed to tune in to BBC with the help of my grandfather's old radio.

We heard the news headlines.

The attack and destruction of my home town was on the top of the news. Due to this, we fled to Guinea. Tarnue

The attack and destruction of my home town, "Voinjama" by the so-called NPFL Fighters was on the top of the news on that day. Due to this, we fled to Guinea.

While in the refugee camp of Taolela, Guinea, I helped to cover the stories about our home and explained it in our local language, Lorma, to the elders and friends who came around to listen to the BBC every morning and evening.

In 2001, I participated in a competition organized by the the BBC. It was on a Saturday morning, during the BBC African service February monthly quiz. The BBC's Robin White read out the names of those who had successfully identified the African mystery voice. My name "T. Kootee Korvah", was amongst the five winners of a BBC news magazine.

On that day everybody that heard my name on the BBC came to my refugee booth and saluted me as a great man in the camp.

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