Liberia

because of how different it was from other types of civil wars. We were shocked by how well the war was documented and how devastating it was to millions of civilians and internally displaced peoples. Despite the atrocities, compromise was able to save Liberia from immediate collapse. We began our research by first studying maps, newspapers, archival data, and pictures describing the socioeconomic, political, and ethnic turmoil in the years leading up to the war. The next step focused on reading…

Ebola According to “Why it`s Not Enough to just Eradicate Ebola”, the United States plans to spend $6 billion fighting Ebola. Should other countries spend the same amount of money on preventing the spread of Ebola to other countries or should they leave it to Africa to handle the situation? Is it a good idea to spend all this money on something that could never happen in America again? Yes, the U.S. needs to take whatever steps necessary to stop the spread of Ebola. This is why the U.S. and…

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-This Child Will Be Great is a memoir and autobiography about Africa’s first woman president. Sirleaf was born in Liberia with parents who were apart of the common struggle that came from being part of a working class family in Africa. This memoir highlights the path it took from dealing with her parent’s hardship to becoming Africa’s first woman president. For Sirleaf it is important for all to know, that although she is from a lighter complexion her upbringing was no…

On December 15, 1930, on a farm that is still around today between Waterloo and Columbia, Illinois, Shirley Kolmer was welcomed into the world. Arthur and Carmelita had just given birth to their fourth child, Shirley. Shirley had 7 siblings, Mary Lou, 4; Lee Roy, who would be 3 in January; and Dorothy; who was almost 15 months old. Almost a year after Shirley was born, the Kolmer’s added a new baby girl into the family, named Elizabeth. Elizabeth would be followed John and James who died…

cause. Blood diamonds, or conflict diamonds, are jewels mined in Africa and sold by rebels to gain military force. This has been a tremendous problem during the different civil wars in some countries in Africa. However, they are now being used in Liberia at rates never seen before. These diamonds are usually mined in northern and western regions of Africa. In some areas, diamonds would be placed on outer layers of sand, because of the wind, making it easier to find. Rebels use slaves to drill…

topics discuss in lectures so far. As he demonstrated, structural violence in this case must be understood in the context of a regional history and global economy that have cultivated inequalities. For instance, it is no coincidence that Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are resource poor countries; their rich natural and human resources have long been extracted for foreign profit as opposed to being developed for the benefit of the general population. The lack of trust…

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…

Archeologist have been able prove that Sierra Leone has been inhabited continuously for at least 2,500 years. Sierra Leone is a county is West Africa on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Guinea to the northeast and Liberia to the southeast. The center of the county is a region of the lowland plains which contain farmland and forests. Lowlands occupies about 43% of Sierra Leone’s land. The Northern region has forests and savanna and the south has rainforests. The climate of…

information about Ebola. Yours sincerely, Dr Keilah Truscott. Introduction to Ebola Scientifically known as Zaire Ebolavirus, Ebola is an extremely deadly disease caused by 5 different strains that’s currently wiping out thousands of people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, West Africa. It was originally from primates and the first human case was discovered by Belgian doctor, Peter Piot. The virus was named after the Ebola River where the first outbreak was. The virus reproduces constantly,…

Located in West Africa between Guinea and Liberia with the Atlantic Ocean in the South-West, the Republic of Sierra Leone, “mountain lion”, henceforth referred to as Sierra Leone, is country that has been through a lot of turmoil. The most recent being the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic which was first confirmed in May 2014 in Kenema and as of August 2015 had killed a confirmed total of 3586 people from 8697 confirmed cases (World Health Organization 2015). EVD is no longer a threat but its…