Sergio Leone

For some, death is close, closer than they could ever imagine. A volunteer doctor returned from Liberia several weeks ago. Now, he is extremely sick and results show that he has Ebola. This means others may also have Ebola. It’s already too late. Currently, there is an ongoing heated debate on whether or not travelers returning from Ebola plagued nations should be forced into quarantine upon arrival to the United States. Travelers returning from Ebola plagued should be forced into quarantine…

There are many reasons that could explain underdevelopment in Sierra Leone, and for that matter in many African countries with shared experiences and similar backgrounds. The eleven-year civil conflict in Sierra Leone resulted in a large scale devastation of the economy, and of basically everything else in the country. The conflict has been perceived as the most important cause of poverty and underdevelopment in the country today. However, a civil conflict doesn’t just simply boil up out of…

diamonds started to be present and problematic in Sierra Leone as soon as DeBeers mining company took control of all diamond prospects throughout this region. Although DeBeers was keeping a moderate watch on the trading and actions being taken through it, traders from Lebanon (bordered by Syria and Israel to the south) were able to easily smuggle and mine diamonds out through the company. Later towards the 1950s, countries, such as Sierra Leone, had to give up the chance of regulating the…

Introduction: De Beers is an association of companies that dominate any things related to diamond such us diamond trading, diamond mining, diamond shops and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. The company was established in 1888 by British businessman Cecil Rhodes and funded by London-based N M Rothschild & Sons bank and the South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit. They have many places for mining like Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada.However; there was a big debate about some…

radical transition into his new life. Just as Billy transitions to reach his goals Michaela DePrince overcomes many obstacles that can be seen in the New York Daily News Article titled “Ballerina Michaela DePrince escaped a tragic childhood in Sierra Leone to dance in ‘Swan Lake’ ” written by Joanna Molloy. Molloy uses many language devices in order to display the depth of the hardships that DePrince faced and to communicate to the reader…

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…

this article, showing that flashy billboards and magazines have hidden where the source of these diamonds are coming from. Falls supports her argument by illustrating the millions of blood diamonds mined and smuggled out of the once peaceful Sierra Leone, through the bloodshed of thousands of their African people. The author’s purpose is to convince the readers and or the audience of…

Once diamonds were found in Sierra Leone, they were sought out in many other countries. This proved that a certain resource can be anywhere large or small, but the concept of how and why the diamond industry or any concept, such as cotton, will erupt and diffuse if profit is evident. Yet again raising the question of why are there so many more diamonds as a resource in Sierra Leone that any other country. Scientists have proved that diamonds come from the rock kimberlite, which is stored in…

Introduction: Gender inequality towards women in Sierra Leone can be described as inequitable or impractical compared to the equality of women in developed/western countries. The roles women are expected to play are general expectations such as cooking, cleaning, and staying at home with the children, leaving women in Sierra Leone with very little to no chance of stepping out of these expected roles to prevent being stigmatized or possibly killed (Luna 2016). According to the Social Institutions…

As seen in Nigeria and Sierra Leone, there are many factors to this equation. Diversification in income serves as a huge catalyst for this stability in economics due to nations changing export strategies. In Nigeria, former President Goodluck Jonathan, had issued an economic plan in…