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green, the second white, and the third blue. The green stripe signifies agriculture, mountains, and natural resources (“Sierra Leone”, 2013). The white strip signifies unity and justice, and the blue strip signifying the sea and national harbor in Freetown (“Sierra Leone”, 2013). Some natural resources found in Sierra Leone are rutile, bauxite, gold, platinum, chromite, and diamonds; the resources most used to economically assist the county are diamonds (Healey, C. 2011). Furthermore, in the 18th

Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a “perfect” society? Truth is, there are no “perfect” societies due to the many reasons that lead them to fall. So why do societies fall? Many great societies have fallen due to corrupt leaders, scarcity in necessary resources, and sickness. Germany, China, Sierra Leone, and the fictional society of Ember, are all examples of how once great societies fall. All of these societies fell due to corrupt leaders, resource scarcity, and sickness.

Investigation how COBIT tries to maintain high staff morale and wellbeing. College of Business and Information Technology (COBIT) formally known as SILICOMPRO, it was founded eleven years ago (2005) by Mr. Oluwole Austin Pratt, who is a man of high credibility. He attended the Sierra Leone Grammar School, he later then graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting at the Fourah Bay College (FBC). He has lectures several institutes such as Fourah Bay College, Ipam etc, later he further his education

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, published by Sarah Crichton Books in New York in 2007, tells the haunting story of Ishmael Beah, a child soldier during the Sierra Leone Civil War. The book begins in January of 1993 in Ishmael’s small village called Mogbwemo, located near Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone. A Long Way Gone addresses a plethora of geographical issues such as refugees and population movements, child exploitation, and most of all: war. Each of these issues directly affects Ishmael, the autobiographer

Compare and Contrast Essay The Bite of the Mango speaks about the war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and is through the eyes of Mariatu Kamara, a female and amputee, while A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is written by Ishmael Beah, a boy soldier that lost everything. They both were casualties to one of the most brutal civil wars; however, their experiences were different due to gender. Kamara originated from Sierra Leone and lived in small villages until the age of 12. She heard talk of

Sierra Leone or the Republic of Sierra Leone is West African country that borders to the north and east with Guinea, to the southeast with Liberia, and to the west and southwest with Atlantic Ocean. It is a beautiful country with white sand beaches, orange and coconut trees all around, and people of good hearts; however Sierra Leone or Sa Lone in its native language, Krio, has been underdeveloped and was struggling for many years to gain its independence as a British Colony. Even thou, now Sierra

countries, ranking 180th out of 187 countries in the HDI in 2011 . The civil war caused poverty to spread throughout Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is located in West Africa along the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Freetown. Poverty is heavily concentrated in rural areas, which is outside of Freetown. Its geography consists of four regions, plateaus, mountains, plains, and woodlands . These regions help support agriculture population as fifty percent of the population are farmers. These farmers grow a variety

The Devil That Danced on the Water, a memoir written by the talented Modern World Literature author, Aminatta Forna made its debut in 2002; just in time to contribute to healing the brokenness of a society and their leftover open wounds from the aftermath of the civil war in Sierra Leone. In this analysis research paper, I will discuss how the author extends her writing to address an entire society, as well as ordinary families and individuals that have experienced the horror and corruptness that

would look just like America but boy was I wrong. As we arrived I saw nothing but bushes, trees and little houses made out of sticks, and aluminum. I was a bit confused as to what was going on but was hard to see because it was dark. Once we got to Freetown everything started to change, I started seeing better buildings, stores and restaurants and was a little bit more courage about being there. As we roamed the streets during the day, that’s when I really got to see the good and the bad of the country

that others in the hospital were trying to learn along with her. Ishmael had his mind altered during his time with the army. The commanding officers installed relentlessly violent ideals in his head that continued to hinder him even when he entered Freetown and was done serving. “I imagined capturing several rebels at once, locking them inside a house, sprinkling gasoline on it, and tossing a match. We watch it burn and I laugh” (Beah 113). It took memories from Ishmael’s childhood and the appreciation