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    war takes on the country of Sierra Leone, specifically its capital city of Freetown. A passage from pages 146-152 clearly highlights Freetown as a busy, religious, and magnificent city filled with bustling streets of extravagant cars, tall buildings, countless mini-markets, cheery street vendors, and the enormous Cotton Tree, a historic landmark of Sierra Leone. By writing this passage, Beah strategically explains what Freetown meant to Sierra Leone, so he can later prove his main idea and…

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    real, some of the actual circumstances were clearly exaggerated, including amplifying the severity of the situation after the rebels attacked Freetown, and the amount of time he spent as a soldier (that is, if he spent any time at all.) Muctaru Wurie, the author of “Ishmael Beah’s Memoirs of Sierra Leone War – A Long Way From The Truth,” lived in Freetown during the same time, and described the situation much differently than what is depicted in A Long Way Gone. Wurie says the day after the May…

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    Siaka Stevens' oppressive rule between 1968 to 1985 created a strong grievance which is argued to be the root cause of the rebel war in Sierra Leone (1). The All People's Congress used violence through the Internal Security Unit or poor youths who were given drugs and false promises of employment to suppress political opposition which formed a one-party dictatorship between the years 1978 to 1992 (1). This resulted in an increasing army of jobless, disillusioned group of young adults addicted to…

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    three years of being a boy soldier, Ishmael was taken away by the UNICEF and through their rehabilitation center, he slowly learned how to forget his past and regain his humanity. He was sent to live with his uncle in Freetown which was later invaded by the RUF. Ishmael then left Freetown and made his way to New York…

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    Sierra Leone is a west african country that has a lot to offer. The name, Sierra Leone, derived from Portuguese explorers after encountering a mountain resembling a lion on their exploration. Originally Sierra Lyoa, meaning mountain lion, was the name given to the country, but was evolved over time resulting in the name it has now. Sierra Leone has a lot of history behind it. Today the country has things to offer that others simple can not. This country was one of the first europeans grew…

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    “There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell.” William Sherman. A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, recounts a real life experience of a child soldier in Sierra Leone and like Sherman said he finds war to be hell. The memoir portrays in horrific detail the realities of war and the effects it has on all the people. Ishmael Beah is only twelve when the war arrives on his doorstep in 1993. It tears apart his family and leaves him to wander the…

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    Ishmael Beah

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    UNICEF. He struggles to understand his past and to imagine a future. The love and compassion he finds at the center from a nurse named Esther opens up an understanding and forgiveness within himself. Ishmael is welcomed by his extended family in Freetown and is again saved by their support…

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    The Journey of Becoming a Hero Maria Nemeth once said, “Every time you are willing to say ‘Yes’ to everything on your path, you express the hero inside of you.” Ishmael Beah has his fair share of “yes” in his life, whether the yes was intentional or not. Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980. At the age of twelve he experienced the Civil War that was taking place for the first time. The Civil War lasted from March of 1991 to January of 2002 (BBC News). During this time period the government…

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    in her country reaches her town and her hands are cut off by the rebel forces. After her encounter with the rebels, she walks through the brush for many days. She finally reaches safety and receives help and rehabilitation in the country's capital Freetown. In the proceeding years as she learns to cope with her handicap she is sent to Paris to be fitted for prosthetic hands and then eventually Kamara gets to go to Canada where…

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    Sierra Leone Imperialism

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    won from the British without any form of violence during most of the 20th century. In 1951, a constitution was made which declared decolonization, undoing the domination of the British establishment in Sierra Leone (“Embassy of the United States Freetown, Sierra Leone” 1). Independence was granted to Sierra Leone on April 27, 1961 when the country became a constitutional monarchy. Sir Milton Margai, Prime Minister of Sierra Leone at the time, created the Sir Milton’s Sierra Leone Peoples Party.…

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