“The solution to the economic and political failure of nations today is to transform their extractive institutions toward inclusive ones. The vicious… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
I received so many hate letters when I breast-fed a starving baby in Africa. I was in Sierra Leone in 2009 and… — Salma Hayek Copy Share Image
I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war that… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“I was so happy that my mother, father, and two brothers had somehow found one another. Perhaps my mother and father have… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
In my senior year of high school, I read an article in 'Newsweek' about child soldiers in Sierra Leone. I felt a… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
“In 1821, the United States government sent Dr. Eli Ayres to West Africa to buy, on what was known as the “Pepper… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship to go to college in the United States. By the time I graduated, we… — Richelieu Dennis Copy Share Image
From Mozambique to Chad, South Africa and Liberia, Sierra Leone to Burkina Faso, feminism is the buzzword for a generation of women… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
“When an immigrant speaks of feeling uncomfortable just know, you are in the presence of man who knows what the sting of… — Hannah V. Sawyerr Copy Share Image
“We took a bowl each and started eating. He went back into the little room, and by the time he returned to… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“If you live in Sierra Leone or Afghanistan it is highly likely that you have lost a relative or friend this way.… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
My father was born and raised in Sierra Leone, and my mom was from Bermuda. — Adina Porter Copy Share Image
Our household in southeastern Sierra Leone, West Africa, was not typical. First, my parents married for love and my father refused to… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments… — Alex Morrison Copy Share Image
