Sierra Leone

Steven Spielberg’s Amistad clearly demonstrates how laws can be interpreted through the story of Spanish merchants who captured Joseph Cinqué, a man from Mende, Sierra Leone and hundreds of other people from various West African tribes. The Spaniards took the slaves aboard the Spanish schooner Amistad where Cinqué and the other slaves broke free of their shackles and began to revolt. The revolt set off a series of events that became the basis of a controversial court case that assessed…

When I was five years old, I got luxurious gifts from my mother, gifts like trucks, stuffed animals and building blocks to name a few. Toys filled in every part in our house. You could see toys in every colors and shapes in the living room, bedroom, dining room and even outside the compound. At that time, I couldn’t recall which particular toy was my favorite, nor can I remember which toy I disliked the most. The biggest surprise came when my mom bought me my first toy car which was made out of…

By the time of his death, portuguese explorers and traders had advanced as far as the region of modern-day Sierra Leone. It would be another 28 years before Vasco de Gama, under the portuguese flag, would sail clear around Africa and complete and expedition to India. Many Years \, in 1445, Prince Henry sent the Venetian navigator Alvise da Cadamosto (1432-1511)…

studies. She went on to earn her doctorate in medicine from Cornell University in 1981. Meanwhile working as a general practitioner, Jemison served two and half years as a volunteer in the Peace Corps, spending time in the African countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia. In addition to English, she speaks Russian, Japanese, and Swahili. Even though she was employed as a general practitioner again following her return to the United States, Jemison decided to pursue a childhood dream. (Space.com).…

development. Washington notes that “It is with an ignorant race as it is with a child: it craves at first the superficial, the ornamental signs of progress rather than the reality” (24, 25) and this sentiment can be seen in Du Bois descriptions of Sierra Leone in his essay “The New Negro” where “Negroes themselves sometimes doubt the evidence of their own senses … The Negroes vote and hold office in Freetown … [but] it’s powers have been gradually absorbed by the autocratic white colonial…

A major controversial topic in the United States currently is that the minimum wage is currently too low. Many protestors argue that families are not able to survive on it if one or both parents work minimum wage jobs. One side suggests that the minimum wage should be more than doubled to fifteen dollars an hour so that families would be able to provide for themselves and possibly even enjoy life. The other viewpoint of the argument is that the current minimum wage should stay the same as it is.…

The Contemporary Child Solider Professor Anne Farina International Child Welfare George Warren Brown School of Social Work Washington University in Saint Louis Introduction In the contemporary battlefield of today, child soldiers are becoming normalized in the majority of conflicts. Motivations for child recruitment include children’s limited ability to assess risks, feelings of invulnerability, and shortsightedness. Child soldiers are more often killed or injured than adult…

The 2014 Ebola epidemic was one of the most publicized events in recent history. News sources from all over the world covered the crisis 24/7. With many varying views on the topic, it was difficult to get an unbiased opinion on the topic. With the competition between these various media sources, much that information was skewed to please particular constituents. This lead to false information to being spread and the epidemic being viewed as a bigger threat than it actually was. Large news…

Dear Ishmael Beah, I am writing to you in regards to your bestselling memoir A Long Way Gone published on February 13th, 2007. I have been a fan of yours for quite some time, but have been convinced by clear evidence gathered that there are some inaccuracy in your memoir. I firmly believe that this memoir contains embellishments and exaggeration on your experience as a child soldier. Several articles have been published explaining controversial facts mentioned in your story that don’t seem…

Can race or gender determine the chances of a person being wealthy or poor? Where a person is born and raised, their skin color and gender may determine their wealth or social status. According to Ferrante (2010) “ascribed status is a social position on the basis of attributes people possess, such as skin shade, sex, or hair color” (p. 221). These attributes are inherited by no fault of their own. A person’s income also determines their social class. How much income a person earns puts them…