While living in an orphanage in her war-torn country, she dreamed of being happy, powerful and successful.
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyonce’s ‘Lemonade’ music ...
DePrince's story was inspiring to many. She persevered through hardship on her journey to becoming a celebrated ballet dancer ...
Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and ...
DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura in Kenema, Sierra Leone, in 1995. She grew up in an orphanage, where she was mistreated for ...
Michaela Mabinty DePrince, the ballerina born during a civil war in Sierra Leone who performed in Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ visual album, has died aged 29, according to an announcement posted ...
She also wrote a children's book, Ballerina Dreams ... page that had blown against the gate of the orphanage during Sierra Leone's civil war. "All I remember is she looked really, really happy ...