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Sierra Leone
A new political history of the former British colony in West Africa, best known for its diamonds and recent violent civil war, this covers 225 years of history and fills a gap in African studies.
New Perspectives on the Sierra Leone Krio
The ex-slave, Krio population of Freetown, Sierra Leone - an amalgam of ethnicities drawn from several parts of the African continent - is a fascinating study in hybridity, creolization, European cultural penetration, the retention of African cultural values, and the interface between New World returnees and autochthonous populations of West Africa. Although its Nigerian connections are often acknowledged, insufficient attention has been paid to the indigenous Sierra Leonean roots of this community. This anthology addresses this problem, while celebrating the complexities of Krio identity and Krio interaction with other ethnic groups and nationalities in the British colonial experience.
Sierra Leone
This work looks at Sierra Leone, its people and history. Other subjects are also covered to provide a general introduction to the country. It is not intended for academic specialists, and it is not an in-depth study of the country. It is written from the perspective of a layman or general reader who simply wants to know some important things about this West African country. Sierra Leone is one of the oldest countries in Africa. And before it won independence in 1961, it was also one of the oldest colonies on the continent. Only two African countries won independence in 1961, both from the same colonial power, Great Britain. They were Sierra Leone, on 27 April, and Tanganyika on 9 December. The history of Sierra Leone is also one of the most tragic. But Sierra Leone still is one of the most fascinating countries on the continent in spite of the horrendous tragedy it went through during the civil war in the 1990s. The fact that it emerged intact from that brutal conflict is strong testimony to the resilience of the Sierra Leonean people against overwhelming odds which could have broken weaker souls.
The Caulkers of Sierra Leone
Imodale Caulker-Burnett, seen here with the Staff of Office of the newlyly crowned Chief of Kagboro Chiefdom, Rev. Doris Lega Caulker Gbabior II (2010), was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. She was the first child of Richard and Olivette Kelfa-Caulker, and the third grandchild of George and Lulu Caulker of Mambo, Kagboro Chiefdom. She is a retired Certified Family Nurse Practioner, Healing Touch Practioner, and Substance Abuse Consultant. She has also been a piano teacher and assistant organist. She was educated at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York, - Masters Degree in Nursing Education (1985). New York Hospital, Cornell University, - Certificate as a Family Nurs...
The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.
Conflict & Collusion in Sierra Leone
The United Nations' presence in Sierra Leone has made that country a subject of international attention to an unprecedented degree. Once identified as a source of 'the New Barbarism', it has also become a proving ground for Western interventions in the war against terrorism. The conventional diplomatic approach to Sierra Leone's civil war is that it has been a contest between two clearly defined sides. Keen demonstrates this is not the case: the various armed groups were fractured throughout the 1990s, often colluded with one another, and had little interest in bringing the war to an end. This book not only represents a new and innovative approach to the study of war and Third World development and politics generally. DAVID KEEN is Professor of Complex Emergencies at the Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics North America: Palgrave
The Sierra Leonean Tragedy
The road to the future runs through the past -- Drift, decline, and the establishment of a patrimonial state -- Diamonds aren't forever, are they? -- The coming of the terror -- Child soldiers, hunters, and mercenaries : the widening conflagration -- The perils of peacekeeping and peacemaking -- Dealing with the aftermath : the quest for justice -- The global dimensions of an African civil conflict -- Appendix 1. Chronology of select events in the history of Sierra Leone -- Appendix 2. The Abidjan Peace Agreement (1996) -- Appendix 3. The Lomé Peace Agreement (1999) -- Appendix 4. Agreement between the United Nations and the government of Sierra Leone on the establishment of a special court for Sierra Leone (2002) -- Appendix 5. The statute of the special court for Sierra Leone (2002) -- Appendix 6. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act (2000).
In Sierra Leone
DIVThe reminiscences of an anthropologist revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s; it is also an account of the life of a prominent politician (and friend of the author) in Sierra Leone./div
Abolition in Sierra Leone
A history of colonial Africa and of the African diaspora examining the experiences and identities of 'liberated' Africans in Sierra Leone.
A Dirty War in West Africa
Based on first-hand experience, the author charts the decade-long civil war that brought Sierra Leone to its knees from 1991-2001. The group spearheading the violence claimed to be freeing the country from corruption but their insurgency killed more than 75,000 people and displaced half the population.
