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conflict 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…

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…

of 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…

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…

This will stop them from needing to leave the country to go get better help elsewhere, heightening the risk of spreading it on airplanes or through car rides. Unfortunately, because Guinea lacks the proper health care, all along the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia, people traveling back and forth caused the Ebola virus to spread throughout those countries. Travelers from Nigeria, the United States, Senegal, and Mali all saw at least one case of Ebola (who.int, Accessed June 7,…

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…

“In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy, and confusion” (Beah 166). Ismael Beah uses memories as a method to find coziness within the horrific times throughout the environment of RUF. Beah reveries the periods of times before RUF as a child, recounting the jubilant moments of his family to surpass another day in war. In the other hand, Beah’s uses his memory to devotes himself motivation to stay alive in order relive those memories.…