A Long Way Gone: Home

See assignment sheet about choosing a potential topic. If you choose to create your own topic, see Ms. Ellis first.

• Child soldiering
• The United Nations
• Past empires and empire-building in Africa (France, England, the Netherlands, etc.)
• Government and politics in Africa (elections, dictators, political upheaval, etc.)
• Civil war in Africa (select a nation)
• Military service and drug use
• Drug rehabilitation and rehab strategies
• Cuisine of Sierra Leone and villages in West Africa
• African folklore and the role of storytelling
• Memoir/diary/writing as therapy or coping device
• Jungle survival (how-to, dangers, preparation, etc.)
• Limits of human survival (mind and body)
• Role of music in warfare/patriotism/nationalism