| Description |
1 online resource (323 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley and Ismail Rashid -- Rebellious subjects and citizens : writing subalterns into the history of Sierra Leone / Ismail Rashid -- Clapping with one hand : the search for a gendered "province of freedom" in the historiography of Sierra Leone / Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley -- (re) envisioning the African diaspora : historical memory and cross-fertilization in post-colonial Sierra Leone / Nemata Blyden -- Historical memory, Pan-Africanism and national identity / Tamba M'bayo -- Chalmers Commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Sierra Leone : official inquiries as historical memory / Lansana Gberie -- Decolonization and the rise of Krio separatism / Gibril Cole -- Roots of military praetorianism in Sierra Leone / Festus Cole -- History and memory in contemporary Sierra Leone : re-inscribing fragments from an Atlantic past / Ibrahim Abdullah -- History, memory and post-colonial Sierra Leone / Arthur Abraham -- Sierra Leone at fifty : confronting old problems and preparing for new challenges / Yusuf Bangura -- They hold up half the sky : prospects and challenges for Sierra Leonean women in the 21st century and beyond / Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley. |
| Summary |
Using Sierra Leone as a case study, this book examines the nature of knowledge production and interpretation of African history since the decade of African independence. With contributions from different generations of scholars, this anthology provides critical reflections on major themes such as ethnicity, class, gender, identity formation, nation building, resistance and social conflict. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Sierra Leone -- History -- 21st century.
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Sierra Leone. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Sierra Leone -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Collective memory -- Sierra Leone.
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Postcolonialism -- Sierra Leone.
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Postcolonialism. |
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Historiography -- Sierra Leone.
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Historiography. |
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Collective memory. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Ojukutu-Macauley, Sylvia.
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Rashid, Ismail O. D., 1963-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Paradoxes of history and memory in post-colonial Sierra Leone Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013] 9780739180020 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2013023741 |
| ISBN |
9780739180037 ebook |
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0739180037 |
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9780739180020 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9780739180037 electronic |
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0739180029 |
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