WAR ESCAPE: She fled Liberia just before Civil War Erupted

In late 1989, a dark, suffocating tension enveloped Monrovia. Political instability was escalating, rebel factions were mobilizing in the countryside, and the socio-political climate in Liberia was rapidly deteriorating toward chaos.

While many residents and political commentators tried to convince themselves that the crisis would resolve peacefully, Miatta Fahnbulleh possessed a heightened intuitive awareness that warned her of impending catastrophe.

According to Miatta Fahnbulleh, she felt an overwhelming spiritual mandate that it was time to pack up her life and leave her homeland immediately. Relying on her instincts rather than political propaganda, she hastily organized her affairs, gathered her essential belongings, and made arrangements to exit the country.

Her departure was not a planned, leisurely trip; it was a narrow, high-stakes escape executed just before the country descended into total anarchy.

Within days of her departure, full-scale armed conflict erupted, border crossings were closed, communication lines were cut, and the First Liberian Civil War began-a bloody conflict that would destroy the nation's infrastructure and claim hundreds of thousands of lives.

"There was something in the air... you could feel that the atmosphere had changed completely," Miatta Fahnbulleh recalled, reflecting on the final days before her homeland collapsed into horror.

"My spirit told me that it was time to leave, and I didn't hesitate." "I packed what I could and got out just in time," Miatta disclosed.

"Literally right after I left, the entire place blew up. War erupted, the airport closed, and people were trapped. God pulled me out of that fire just before the door slammed shut."

Her escape saved her life, but it marked the beginning of a long, painful chapter of exile, during which she watched from afar as her beloved country was torn apart by violence and political division.