Districts of Liberia

Samori moved his entire base of operations eastward, toward the Bandama and Comoe. He instituted a scorched earth policy, devastating each area before he evacuated it. Though this maneuver cut Samori off from his last source of modern weapons, Liberia, it also delayed French pursuit. Nonetheless, the fall of other resistance armies, particularly Babemba Traoré at Sikasso, permitted the colonial army to launch a concentrated assault against Touré. He was captured 29 September 1898 by French Commandant

Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone History of Diamonds: The name "diamond" comes from the Greek word, "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon, and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man.[1] Diamonds have long been a sign of wealth and fortune. Kings and queens have worn these forms of concentrated carbon and even more countless millions people over time have lusted after them. These gems can be transparent, truculent

degree in medicine at Cornell University (1981). Many of her achievements would include being a member of the Peace Corps and serving for two consecutive years in Africa, specifically in the countries of Sierra Leone and Liberia. While being assigned in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Jemison would often complete tasks dedicated to teaching personal health training, applying safety and/or health guidelines, as well as taking roles in

cotton. There were very few mass protest in the early resistance, because of the separation between colonies. One of the most important early resistance movement that impacted later women mass movements was the Aba Women’s War of 1929 in the southern district of Nigeria. The protest started with a confrontation between and a woman and a man who was sent to find out how many people were in her village, immediately other women rushed to help the woman who was being beat. Eventually thousands of woman were

Blood Diamonds: The Conflict in Sierra Leone       History of Diamonds:   The name "diamond" comes from the Greek word, "adamas" meaning unconquerable. Fittingly diamonds are made of pure carbon, and diamonds are the hardest natural substance known to man.[1][1] Diamonds have long been a sign of wealth and fortune. Kings and queens have worn these forms of concentrated carbon and even more countless millions people over time have lusted after them. These gems can be transparent, truculent white

The African Methodist Episcopal Church also known as the AME Church, represents a long history of people going from struggles to success, from embarrassment to pride, from slaves to free. It is my intention to prove that the name African Methodist Episcopal represents equality and freedom to worship God, no matter what color skin a person was blessed to be born with. The thesis is this: While both Whites and Africans believed in the worship of God, whites believed in the oppression of the Africans’

Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South

While more men and women had the right to vote, reformers made an effort to improve school education. In 1814, New York passed a required law stating local governments set up tax-support for school districts. Horace Main, the head of Massachusetts board of education pushed to proved money for education. His leadership brought raise teachers pay, extended school year, and teachers training colleges. Many African American opened schools to educate their

Current President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf once said, “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are not big enough”. My dream is to be a music teacher, and it intimidates me. As more and more schools across the country eliminate their music programs, the amount of jobs available for music educators dwindles down. More importantly, there are less opportunities for students to explore and find their passion in music. Music is a form of expression when words are not enough. Music is my passion

deeply rooted in the south. Through the whigs he was elected to the United States House of Representatives where he promoted the idea of abolishing slavery in D.C. in 1849. He also mentioned earlier that Congress would have the power to do so for the District of Columbia as long as the people would request as he stated on March 3, 1837. Later Lincoln would give a Eulogy on Henry Clay in which he continues to explain how Southerners would do anything to keep slavery for one more hour to the extent of burning