Sergio Leone

Bite Of The Mango addresses the life of Mariatu at the age of eleven. She lived in a small village in Sierra Leone with her aunt and uncle until the rebels attacked Sierra Leone, she was kidnapped and tortured. The author that helped write this book is Susan McClelland. She became interested in world issued in high school, that later encouraged her to be a journalist so that she could give a voice to the voiceless. She has a Major in Political Science, a Minor in Peaces Studies, she also has a…

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…

The Sierra Leonean Civil War from 1991 to 2001 affected every citizen of Sierra Leone, including children. Ishmael Beah is a man who was caught in the war as a child, and forced to both witness and commit acts of violence as a child soldier, as expressed in his memoir. The role of violence in the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is to portray the theme of loss of innocence through the comparisons and contrasts of violent acts while Ishmael was running from the rebels, during his time as a…

In Sierra Leone of Africa, 1991, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) began to attack villages to gain control of land and overthrow the corrupt All People’s Congress (APC). Sierra Leone took on a civil war between ruthless rebels and the army. Within time, the RUF began to grow and the question of a village being attacked was when, not if. Ishmael’s…

Discourse analysis of chosen post-genocide solution The Mozambique case study examined by Cobban seems the most appropriate for this research paper. There are similarities to the execution of atrocities carried out against civilians, in both Sierra Leone civil war and Mozambique’s. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; United Nations Development Programme (2007) identifies the violence in Mozambique as brutal, they reported that “the civil war in Mozambique during the…

In the ¨Drummer Boy of Shiloh¨ written by Ray Bradbury, a 14 year old boy named Joby is in the military and is the Drummer during the civil war. In the beginning, Joby and the soldiers are at a camp just waiting for the next day. There is going to be a battle on the next day that all of them are traumatized over. Joby is scared the most because he is the youngest and he cannot defend himself like the soldiers. He feels very insignificant. He only has a drum and drumsticks and they have guns. The…

cultural experience for me because it educated me on the history of wars throughout Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Congo that I had no idea existed. “Beasts of No Nation” tells the story of a young…

work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. First of all, he uses dreams to show the many challenges he faced throughout his life and journey through Sierra Leone. Secondly, Ishmael uses his cassettes to symbolize past memories throughout his childhood and the good times they brought. Last of all, Ishmael uses the moon/sky as a symbol of hope, wholeness, positivity, and freedom. Firstly, Ishmael Beah…

Ishmael’s life has been operated on autopilot ever since the war struck home, but when his war terminates abruptly he uncovers forgiveness, regains hope, and opts to make a difference in the world. UNICEF is an organization that works with a mutual goal of providing sustenance for the destitute children around the world. One purpose they have is to halt child soldier enlistment and to rehabilitate the child soldiers, so they can reclaim their humanity. After UNICEF took Ishmael and other young…

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah is a true story of a young boy soldier’s life. Just at the age of twelve when he was away from home, his village had been attacked. When he returned with his brother and some friends there was confusion and violence that made them go from village to village in search for things for survival such as food. They also do many things in desperation that they may have never thought of doing. Later on Ishmael was taken in as a soldier by the army. He became brainwashed…