The struggle for greed has greatly affected the woman and children. Extreme violence has been the product of this greed. .
Fourthly, the situation in Sierra Leone has been a devastating one. The political and economic crisis has been almost too much to overcome. There is hope. There is always hope. The Revolutionary United Front and the government of Sierra Leone have agreed upon a peace agreement. I will discuss the agreement briefly and explain the certain pros and cons of the agreement. Colonialism was a devastating blow to Africa. Many problems stemmed from the colonization of Africa by the British. The infliction of slavery, disease, currency, and religion were just a few of the factors that played into the early destruction of Africa. You could say Africa never had a chance in hell. They were doomed from the start. This is what I will refer to as the "snowball effect". The situation in Africa never really had a chance to recover. To understand this, we must look at the meaning of colonialism briefly. Colonialism is the control by one power over a DEPENDENT area or people (6). My question is, "how did that area or people become dependent?" The dependence was due to an oppression of a lesser state by a powerful state, which would make the weaker state feel powerless and helpless. In order to understand this, we must look at Africa as an example. How did Africa survive before colonialism? Were the tribes of Africa hungered? Where they clothed properly? Where they serving the "white man"? The answer to all these questions are, no! Africa was dependent. They were dependent upon themselves. They were a rich culture according to their own needs. The British than came along and inflicted their ways upon the people of Africa. Since the African ways of survival and life were different from those of the British, Africa was deemed "dependent" on the British and the British were to show Africa a "better and new life".