Sergio Leone

What country is that you ask? Its Sierra Leone of course, named the 11th poorest country in the world located in West Africa. A country who has been going through economic, political, and social challenges for over two decades now. July 09 2004, I was about eight years old, excited to travel on a plane for the first time in my life and finally getting to visit what my parents called “Sweet Salone.” I didn’t know what to expect when I got to Sierra Leone. I thought it would look just like America

England’s interest in Africa for trading purposes can be traced back to 1481 when two Englishmen prepared for an expedition to the Guinea Coast. At this time the King of Portugal, John II asked Edward IV of England if they could not continue with the expedition because of Portugal’s claim to the Guinea Coast, and Edward complied. It was not until 1536 when William Hawkins, father of famous shipbuilder in the Elizabethan era Admiral Sir John Hawkins, made the first three voyages and traded with Brazil

West Africa By: West Africa is know for its rich trading empire, natural landmarks, for their beautifully designed cloth, and jewelry. To begin with, West Africa is known for its interesting land features, landforms, and its gradually changing climate. For example, Lake Chad is one of West Africa's well known features. Lake Chad is one of Africa's largest freshwater lake, and is know for its shrinking over time in

a poor village girl in Sierra Leone. Mariatu Kamara is an eleven-year-old girl who has learned how to live without her hands. In result of being a victim and survivor of a rebel attack, Mariatu is now a double amputee and has made many lifestyle changes to work around her disability. Mariatu Kamara is very brave, determined, successful individual who stands as a role model for many individuals of all ages. She lives in a small village called Magborou of Sierra Leone with her loving aunt, uncle, and

relationships. I told him about my beautiful wife of eight years. My friend could not say the same. He had experienced a divorce with the mother of his children. We took a time to look at the different animals, which then made us reflect back to Sierra Leone. At this moment, I remembered had it not been for summer I would not have had enough time to process such a thought. We watched our children ride roller coasters and simultaneously conversed about life and back home. All the children

machetes at the Waterloo Camp in Sierra Leone I felt a surge of mixed emotions: pain, compassion, anger, discontent and the need for a more effective campaign against “conflict diamonds.” Recently, rapper Kanye West raised the issue of conflict “blood” diamonds in his song “Diamonds” (featuring Jay-Z). Conflict diamonds — diamonds mined and traded by rebel groups — have been the source of murder and mutilation in the small, west-African country of Sierra Leone. In the song, West voices his own inner

Diamainia was established in 1837, and was established by some wealthy men from Brazil. He came to Daimainia using his own money and started building, making a town, etc.. using the money he received from exporting Diamainia’s diamonds. The country, Diamainia is an island located Northeast of Brazil, along the equator. Since it’s a small island, it only consists of two regions. North of Diamainia is more subtropical and South of Diamainia is warm. We would usually get rain, but not a lot, but when

The Sierra Leone Civil War The continent of Africa has been exposed to countless of years of tragedy including forced slavery and colonialism. One of the most devastating hits to Africa is the civil war that occurred in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002. This country experienced a decade long war in an endeavor to achieve economic stability and a democratic political system for Sierra Leoneans. There are many facets that contributed

Diamonds are made of carbon so they form as carbon atoms under a high temperature and pressure; they bond together to start growing crystals. Diamonds are formed underneath the Earth’s surface requiring them to be mined for, which can be a very high labor task. Out of the top ten countries in the world with the most diamonds, Africa has six of those countries (Said, Sammy. “Top Ten Countries with the Most Diamonds Found”). With six African countries being among the world leaders in diamond mining

Sierra Leone is ranked the world's poorest country by the UN Human Development Index, with about 70% of its people living on less than 70p per day. Diamonds account for 94% of its exports. Sierra Leone gained the deserved reputation as "the most dangerous country on earth." Diamonds from these mines are called conflict diamonds, or blood diamonds. Blood diamonds were used to finance civil war. Several foreign journalists were killed here during the war. African tribal war over nothing is more common