Abstract
SIERRA LEONE'S LONG-TERM DICTATOR SIAKA STEVENS MAY BE DEAD, BUT THE PEOPLE LIVE WITH THE DEVASTATING LEGACY OF HIS REIGN. HE KILLED DEMOCRACY AND TRANSFORMED THE COUNTRY INTO A ONE-PARTY STATE; HIS ARMY OF PAID INFORMANTS AND CRIMINAL THUGS PAVED THE WAY FOR THE BRUTAL DEPREDATIONS THAT STRIPPED THE COUNTRY OF ALL CLAIMS TO BE A FUNCTIONING STATE