BY VERGINIA JACKSON

Ms. Ola started working in the field to help supplement the family income at around ten years of age. Her day started well before sunrise and did not end until after sunset. Although she was only 10-12 years old …

As one who lived in the compound for six years during my childhood, however, I can vouch that it was a relatively normal abnormal world. As a friend would later describe it, “Jim Jones without the suicide” …