Sierra Leone Downfall

Sierra Leone was inhabited by early Africans over two thousand years ago but became part of the United Nations in 1961 when they gained their independence from the British. Sierra Leone had been a colony of Britain ever since 1808. As like the entire world, there was a great influence that came from Africa. Britain actually used Sierra Leone as a great educational ground by establishing the only University in Sub-Saharan Africa. However the British tried to over step their boundaries by trying to use the people of Sierra Leone as taxable entities to fund their own infrastructure. This which sparked a tax war led by Bai Bureh which started in1898 but ended shortly in November of 1898 because of the destruction and deaths that it caused. Sierra Leone also has history of being one of the main lands of slaves that were part of the transatlantic slave trade which helped jump start the world’s economy. This slave trade was …show more content…
The political spectrum of Sierra Leone is one that was had a promising future but was derailed off track by corruption, greed, and power. The type of regime Sierra Leone was relatively an authoritarian government because of the one party system that they have. This is in particular is not particularly great because of the corruption in this government system that led to this civil war that caused millions to be relocated and thousands to be killed. The Sierra Leone Civil War began in March of 1991 and ended in 2002. It was started by the Revolutionary United Front with the help and support of the Leader of Liberia Charles Taylor and his National Patriotic Front with the intention to over throw the Leader of Sierra Leone Joseph Momoh and his