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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Historical epistemology -- Introduction: Rethinking history and Freetown historiography -- Frontiers of identity: the Creoles and the politics of belonging -- Beyond the colonial Sphinx: African agency in the making of the colony -- Realpolitik and boundaries of power: the Temne in local administration -- Intergroup relations and genealogies of conflict: the Temne and Freetonian dichotomy -- Ethnocentrism and new frames of popular culture -- Temne cultural associations and popular representations -- Islamic triumphalism in a Christian colony: Temne agency in the spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam -- From the margins to the center: the role of Temne market women traders -- Conclusion: Nexus of microhistory: new perspective on the colony's historical landscape. |
| Summary |
An in-depth study examining the agency and influence of indigenous Temne-speakers in the making of the Sierra Leone Colony. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Temne (African people) -- History.
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Temne (African people) |
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History. |
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Temne (African people) -- Political activity.
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Political participation. |
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Temne (African people) -- Ethnic identity.
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Ethnicity. |
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Sierra Leone -- History.
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Sierra Leone. |
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Sierra Leone -- Historiography.
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Historiography. |
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Sierra Leone -- Colonial influence.
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Colonial influence. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
African agency in the making of a British colony |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bangura, Joseph J. Temne of Sierra Leone. Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2018] (DLC) 2017034650 (OCoLC)989057200 |
| ISBN |
9781108182010 (electronic book.) |
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1108182011 (electronic book.) |
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9781108195751 |
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110819575X |
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9781107197985 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1107197988 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781316647967 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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131664796X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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