notes about Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone In 1991‚ The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) attacked Sierra Leone in an attempt to obtain diamonds and overthrow Joseph Momoh’s Government. The resulting civil war lasted for 11 years and left over 50‚000(Hara-Kiri‚ 2008‚ 8th fact)‚ including children recruited to fight in the war. 3‚710 had been used as child soldiers with the RUF‚ 2‚026 with the pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF)‚ 471 with the Sierra Leone Army and 427 with the Armed Forces Revolutionary
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According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Development Programme (2007) the civil war in Sierra Leone was … [A] decade-long …marked by widespread human rights abuses‚ the collapse of the central government‚ and destruction of public capacity to provide any services or protection for its people. [The war displaced] more than two million people…widespread of sexual violence [with a record of] more than 1‚800 victims of sexual violence…[as] 55 per cent
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Stevie Smith’s Metaphor of “Not Waving But Drowning” How is it possible to be surrounded by a million people yet feel so alone? In 1957‚ British poet Stevie Smith wrote a short poem‚ “Not Waving But Drowning‚” composed of twelve lines broken up into three stanzas. The literal words of the poem leave the reader with the image of a distressed man‚ thrashing around in the sea as onlookers lying around on the beach watch but do not help‚ as they believe the frantic man is fooling around and waving
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©Copyright 2003 Timothy S. Hughes Groove and Flow: Six Analytical Essays on the Music of Stevie Wonder Timothy S. Hughes A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Washington 2003 Program Authorized to Offer Degree: Music University of Washington Graduate School This is to certify that I have examined this copy of a doctoral dissertation by Timothy S. Hughes and have found that it is complete
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“superstition” that I noticed was the dynamics‚ singing voice and singing style‚ and tempo. Right from the beginning of both songs‚ you are able to notice distinct sound differences between the two songs. For example‚ Stevie Wonder’s version starts with drums and a synth drum bass and then Stevie adds the electric guitar. On the other hand‚ Jeff Beck’s version immediately begins with the guitar‚ and eventually adds drums to the beat. In terms of the dynamics of the song‚ Wonder’s version has a softer‚ funkier
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Stevie Wonder was born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13‚ 1950‚ in Saginaw‚ Michigan. He was born six weeks early with retinopathy of prematurity‚ an eye disorder which lead to his blindness. Wonder showed an early gift for music‚ first with a church choir in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ where he and his family had moved to when he was four years old‚ and then later with a range of instruments including the harmonica‚ piano‚ and drums in which he taught himself before the age of 10. Stevie Wonder was just
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1. Who is your personal hero? My personal hero would have to be Stevie Wonder. He had no super power or special ability but was a hero to millions of people. As a baby too much oxygen was unintentionally forced into his incubator‚ triggering irreversible loss to his eyes‚ causing blindness. As a child other kids would insult him saying‚ “The blind man is coming." I can relate because I was bullied in school. When he showed his talent of singing in the church choir. He was frequently reminded of
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The sea is … a lion’s roar a shark’s restaurant a quilt of blue a surfer’s paradise The sea is … a leaking ink cartridge the eyes of a fair haired child the sound of the crashing waves a shiny blue sheet hugging the shore a blue lagoon blue nothingness God’s tears a deadly suffocating machine a mermaid’s kingdom water‚ alive a flooded land occasionally death when oil tankers spill a fish’s home white horses riding on a blue carpet a bowl of salty water
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African country Sierra Leone. In the late 1600s‚ Sierra Leone was the first place to ever house‚ sell‚ and trade transatlantic slaves (Edsall‚ Healey‚ and O’Donnell). Nearly a decade later in 1787‚ “British abolitionists and philanthropists establish[ed] a settlement in Freetown‚ for repatriated and rescued slaves”(“Sierra Leone Country Profile”). The British had control of Sierra Leone until April 27th‚ 1961‚ when Sierra Leone was finally declared independent (“Sierra Leone Country Profile”). Once
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is Sierra Leone Performing Economically Compared to the Netherlands? Table of content • Introduction • Size of the country and employment/ unemployment • The main industries and their sizes • Import and export • Natural recourses • Currency( money) and exchange rate • Inflation rate • GDP • Economic growth • Conclusion Economical Difference Between Sierra Leone and Netherlands This project is about the economical difference of the Netherlands compared to Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone and the
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