Sierra Mist

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…

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…

Billy’s 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…

What to Offer in Golden Circle Iceland? The adventure in Golden Circle Island never stops. You should visit the Kerid Crater Lake because it is a 3000-year-old lake. It is a volcanic crater with has 55 meters deep. You need your camera to capture the deep slopes and hilly surroundings in this lake. The circular slopes of this lake look like Caldera and the whole place is nothing short of breathtaking. This place is the must visit place in it. You can take your time to hike down the crater and it…

This paper is going to give you a brief history about the famous photographer Ansel Adams. He was a known photographer from the twentieth century but with a childhood that wasn’t always the easiest. But threw this paper we will be able to see the amazing things that he was capable of accomplishing. Ansel Adams is a photographer known for his outstanding photos also for being an environmentalist. He was born in San Francisco, California, and was the son of Charles Hitchcock Adams and Olive Bray.…

Fifteen miles south of the world-renowned Yosemite Valley sits alone the Hetch Hetchy Valley with its water roaring. Hard to believe, but it was once recognized as the counterpart of the Yosemite Valley and grabbed the same attention for its natural beauty— cascading waterfalls, lofty mountain cliffs, and serene rivers. John Muir, an ardent advocate for the preservation of the wilderness, described the experience of visiting Hetch Hetchy to be a sheer pleasure: “it [was] a bright day in June;…

In 1931, at the Smithsonian Institution, Adams put on his first unaccompanied museum exhibition where he presented sixty prints that he had taken of the High Sierra. The Washington Post gave him an exceptional review. In 1932, he had a display at the M.H. de Young Museum. This show was with Imogen Cunningham and Edward Weston; together they made up Group f/64, which is an aperture setting. This group favored “pure or straight photography” instead of pictorialsm. In the fall of 1941, he began…

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…

point 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…