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  1. Michaela DePrince
    Michaela DePrinceSierra Leonean ballet dancer
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  2. Early life

    Born as Mabinty Bangura on January 6, 1995, into a Muslim family in Kenema, Sierra Leone, she grew up as an orphan after her uncle brought her to an orphanage during the civil war. Her adoptive parents were told that her fat… See more

    Career

    Inspired by a magazine cover of a ballerina she found outside the orphanage gates and kept while in Sierra Leone, DePrince trained as a ballet dancer in the U.S., performing at the Youth America Grand Prix among oth… See more

    Personal life and death

    While a dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, DePrince went on tour to Israel where she prayed. She wore a hamsa, a symbol that is significant to both Jews and Muslims, for protection while traveling to the … See more

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