1. Sierra Leone
CASE STUDY

2. Geography West Coast of Africa Founded in 1961
Was not on a map in HS
Bordered by Liberia and Guinea
Population-5.6 million
Wisconsin-5.7 million
Area mi/sq
65560 mi/sq

3. Sierra Leone: As a colony and Independence
British Colony
Main source of slaves going to the Caribbean and SE America
Back to Africa Movement—Kiro (Creole) People
Introduced Protectorate and instills a frontier government
Kiro people placed in leadership (Common Language)
What does this mean?
1951 Universal Suffrage is Granted
1961 Declares its Freedom

4. “Rug is pulled out from underneath”
Colony is free
Too Expensive/Unjust to keep for British
Military Rule (Sort of)
Shortly after their own freedom, the first military coup would occur
This would cause various Warlords to attempt to seek power
Declared a Republic
1978 Becomes One party system (Essentially a Dictatorship)
Power Struggle ensues

5. Civil War Wide spread Civil War erupted in the country in 1991
Foday Sankoh
Former Army Corporal
1991 Begins to capture Towns along the Liberia boarder
*Remember this

6. RUF Brutal Tactics Said they were fighting for a “free Sierra Leone”
Gangster Rap on patrols
Rape
Mutilation
Drugs
Child Soldiers
Said they were fighting for a “free Sierra Leone”
In reality they were putting a warlord in power through force

7. Child Soldiers

8. Child Soldiers

9. Child Soldiers

10. Destroys a Generation
Sierra Leone
United States

11. RUF Falls RUF would eventually over step their own power
Capture Westerners
The West would take notice
Great Britain would be at the center of the worldwide reaction
Biggest Importer of conflict diamonds
Their political failures through intervention would be a failure
Said there was no problems in Sierra Leone
War Fallout
2 Million Refugees
50,000 Dead
100,000 People Mutilated
50,000 Child Soldiers

13. Diamond Trade Diamonds fueled the Civil War
Smuggled across boarder into Liberia
First place that the RUF would capture
Kimberly process would be developed in response
Sierra Leone Diamond Exports
2013: $163 Million
Average person lives off of less than $1200/year
One of the poorest nations in the world (208/228 recognized by CIA World factbook)

14. Follow Up
Being a colony, how would Sierra Leone learn to govern itself?
Why was their no outside intervention?
Does the Kimberly process really work?
What is the point of using child soldiers?