"Overall, I feel fulfilled because my voice really added to the change we see today. I started it because action was needed, and action was taken. We’re growing stronger as a movement and we will make the change that we want to make."
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Meet Asmaa James: Founder of Sierra Leone’s Black Tuesday Movement, By Jacky Habib, retrieved on February 27, 2020
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