people starved to death. Many people believe that Marxist/Soviet policies made the situation worse. . Since gaining independence many West African nations have undergone political instability. There have been many wars in Nigeria‚ Sierra Leone‚ Liberia‚ and Cote d’Ivoire. Since the end of colonialism‚ West African states have often been affected by instability‚ corruption‚ violence‚ and authoritarianism. The region has seen the most brutal and serious conflicts that have ever taken place‚ such
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into the Gulf of Guinea. One such river is the Bandama Blanc. The people of France found lots of ivory in the country‚ which is how it got its name‚ which literally translates to “the coast of ivory” in French. Positioned west of Ghana and east of Liberia‚ Côte d’Ivoire is in West Africa. To put that into perspective‚ the country is south of Algeria and west of Nigeria.
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of September 21‚ 2014) (Updated September 25‚ 2014) Total Case Count: 6263 Total Deaths: 2917 Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 3487 Cases by Country 1. Guinea Total Case Count: 1022 Total Deaths: 635 Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 832 2. Liberia Total Case Count: 3280 Total Deaths: 1677 Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 890 3. Nigeria Total Case Count: 20 Total Case Deaths: 8 Laboratory Confirmed Cases: 19 4. Senegal Total Case Count: 1 Total Case Deaths: 0 Laboratory Confirmed
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Sierra Leone or officially called as Republic of Sierra Leone is located in the Western portion of the African continent. It is surrounded by Guinea in the North‚ Liberia in the Southeast and Atlantic Ocean in the Southwest. It has a total land area of 71‚ 740 sq. km. and a population of 5‚ 879‚ 098 as of July 2015. The said country experiencing tropical weather. Their major religions are Christianity and Muslim and their usual language are English‚ Krio (a Creole language derived from English) and
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2014:Doctor leading Sierra Leone’s Ebola fight dies 9. JULY 31‚2014:The death toll attributed to the Ebola virus rises to more than 700 people in West Africa. August 2nd‚ 2014: United States missionary doctor Kent Brantley‚ infected with Ebola in Liberia‚ was flown to Atlanta for treatment AUGUST 5‚2014: Ebola patient is brought to the U.S.‚ American missionary‚ Nancy Writebol is stricken with the disease. She is taken to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and she goes onto recover in a s
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in reality history shows us that other countries such as France‚ Great Britain‚ Portugal‚ Belgium and Germany ended up helping themselves. From 1854-1900 Great Britain‚ and France were the fastest and biggest winners that seized African colonies. Liberia and Ethiopia were the only two African countries that remained independent. Economical causes: Africa was not growing as rich as other European countries had been‚ other countries took these resources that Africa had to offer for little to nothing
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he Gullah and Geechee culture on the Sea Islands of Georgia has retained ethnic traditions from West Africa since the mid-1700s. Although the islands along the southeastern U.S. coast harbor the same collective of West Africans‚ the name Gullah has come to be the accepted name of the islanders in South Carolina‚ while Geechee refers to the islanders of Georgia. Modern-day researchers designate the region stretching from Sandy Island‚ South Carolina‚ to Amelia Island‚ Florida‚ as the Gullah Coast—the
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Ebola Outbreak in West Africa The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the world’s deadliest to date and the World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency as more than 2‚100 people have died of the virus in Guinea‚ Liberia‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria this year. Ebola is a viral illness of which the initial symptoms can include a sudden fever‚ intense weakness‚ muscle pain and a sore throat‚ according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And that is just the beginning:
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was born on October 29‚ 1938‚ in Monrovia‚ Liberia. She was mixed with Gola and German heritage and her father was the first indigenous Liberian to sit on the national legislature. As a child‚ she was schooled in the United States. After school in the U.S.‚ she moved back to Liberia and graduated from The College of West Africa at Monrovia. At age 17‚ she married a man named James Sirleaf‚ and they were later divorced. She later went to Madison Business
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The events of one’s childhood‚ even acknowledging that nature does play a part‚ effectively determines the humanity of a person. Childhood by definition is the early stage in the existence of something. The stage in which one develops a sense of self‚ begins to feel a purpose‚ and matures greatly. Because of the substantial importance of the course an individual’s childhood certain rights have been determined universally fundamental to all children regardless of race‚ sex‚ gender‚ location‚ or beliefs
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