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Shelanke - A Memoir of a Disaster
Shalankan government and separatist group in northeast of the country called the tamel tigers had been at war since 19 83. The tamels wanted independence from shalanka. In the conflict, hundreds of thousands of people, both soldiers and civilians, had been killed. It's important to understand the context of shelanke before listening to this piece.
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