Liberia

because of how different it was from other types of civil wars. We were shocked by how well the war was documented and how devastating it was to millions of civilians and internally displaced peoples. Despite the atrocities, compromise was able to save Liberia from immediate collapse. We began our research by first studying maps, newspapers, archival data, and pictures describing the socioeconomic, political, and ethnic turmoil in the years leading up to the war. The next step focused on reading…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-This Child Will Be Great is a memoir and autobiography about Africa’s first woman president. Sirleaf was born in Liberia with parents who were apart of the common struggle that came from being part of a working class family in Africa. This memoir highlights the path it took from dealing with her parent’s hardship to becoming Africa’s first woman president. For Sirleaf it is important for all to know, that although she is from a lighter complexion her upbringing was no…

topics discuss in lectures so far. As he demonstrated, structural violence in this case must be understood in the context of a regional history and global economy that have cultivated inequalities. For instance, it is no coincidence that Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are resource poor countries; their rich natural and human resources have long been extracted for foreign profit as opposed to being developed for the benefit of the general population. The lack of trust…

On December 15, 1930, on a farm that is still around today between Waterloo and Columbia, Illinois, Shirley Kolmer was welcomed into the world. Arthur and Carmelita had just given birth to their fourth child, Shirley. Shirley had 7 siblings, Mary Lou, 4; Lee Roy, who would be 3 in January; and Dorothy; who was almost 15 months old. Almost a year after Shirley was born, the Kolmer’s added a new baby girl into the family, named Elizabeth. Elizabeth would be followed John and James who died…

The African mask has appeared in various forms and has been adapted in countless ways in Western art as a typification of ceremonial masquerade. In the 2016 Brooklyn Museum exhibition titled Disguise: Masks and Global African Art, twenty-five contemporary artists attempted to bridge the gap between mask and masquerade by both historically contextualizing and re-creating the part that the African mask and masquerade play today. The Helmet Mask (Gbetu) with Raffia Costume was created during the…

information about Ebola. Yours sincerely, Dr Keilah Truscott. Introduction to Ebola Scientifically known as Zaire Ebolavirus, Ebola is an extremely deadly disease caused by 5 different strains that’s currently wiping out thousands of people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa. It was originally from primates and the first human case was discovered by Belgian doctor, Peter Piot. The virus was named after the Ebola River where the first outbreak was. The virus reproduces constantly,…

Protest in Mighty Be Our Powers When a war takes place, innocent civilians tend to suffer. More often than not, before a resolution is achieved, the circumstances worsen for the people. This was the case for Liberia, a country in Africa, that experienced a tragic civil war. However, with the help of an incredible young woman, Leymah Gbowee, the country was able to reform its disastrous state. In her memoir, Mighty Be Our Powers, Gbowee shows readers her perspective of the Liberian Civil War, and…

What do you think of when I say Africa? That was the first question I remembered you asking. As I sat somewhere in the middle of the classroom, I was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of stereotypes that for as long as I have been American I have heard and seen. The Starving children crying and a feminine voice saying donate today, that is the image that pops into my head when I think of Africa but that is not what Africa means to me. Perhaps it is because I come from Haiti, the first black…

Analyzing Frontline: Ebola Outbreak In the 2014 Frontline documentary of the Ebola outbreak, awareness of the devastation and severity of the Ebola virus are brought to the surface. The disease has ravaged the country of Sierra Leone and surrounding territories like Guinea. Community helpers, volunteers, and organizations such as Doctors without Borders have come together to help those in need of aid. Unfortunately, the efforts of the doctors and helpers seem futile because the rate of…

TITLE: Why you should visit the motherland? GENERAL PURPOSE: to inform SPECIFIC PURPOSE: to persuasive the audience to visit Africa, to get them back to some of their root, and to get a better understanding about Africa. ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN: MMS, Monroe’s motivated sequence I. Attention step: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together, but be sure to go to East and West Africa. We especially invite you to come to our countries, Guinea and Cameroon. II. Need step:…