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Sierra Leone war orphan returns to Africa en pointe for ballet debut by David Smith

Michaela DePrince tells of being called a 'devil child', hiding a magazine cover in her underwear and prejudice in balletHer father was murdered by gunmen, her mother starved to death and Michaela DePrince was branded a "devil child" at her orphanage because of a rare skin condition. Then, as civil war raged around her in Sierra Leone, a vision came as if from another world.Outside the orphanage gates was a magazine …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:53AM on July 16, 2012

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