New Perspectives On The Sierra Leone Krio
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New Perspectives On The Sierra Leone Krio
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Author : Mac Dixon-Fyle
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2006
New Perspectives On The Sierra Leone Krio written by Mac Dixon-Fyle and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Creoles (Sierra Leone) categories.
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.
The Powerful Presence Of The Past
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Author : Jacqueline Knörr
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-10-25
The Powerful Presence Of The Past written by Jacqueline Knörr and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-25 with Social Science categories.
This book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction impacted by specific historical experiences. Contributions aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms affecting processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.
The Krio Of West Africa
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Author : Gibril R. Cole
language : en
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Release Date : 2013-09-15
The Krio Of West Africa written by Gibril R. Cole and has been published by Ohio University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-15 with History categories.
Sierra Leone’s unique history, especially in the development and consolidation of British colonialism in West Africa, has made it an important site of historical investigation since the 1950s. Much of the scholarship produced in subsequent decades has focused on the “Krio,” descendants of freed slaves from the West Indies, North America, England, and other areas of West Africa, who settled Freetown, beginning in the late eighteenth century. Two foundational and enduring assumptions have characterized this historiography: the concepts of “Creole” and “Krio” are virtually interchangeable; and the community to which these terms apply was and is largely self-contained, Christian, and English in worldview. In a bold challenge to the long-standing historiography on Sierra Leone, Gibril Cole carefully disentangles “Krio” from “Creole,” revealing the diversity and permeability of a community that included many who, in fact, were not Christian. In Cole’s persuasive and engaging analysis, Muslim settlers take center stage as critical actors in the dynamic growth of Freetown’s Krio society. The Krio of West Africa represents the results of some of the first sustained historical research to be undertaken since the end of Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war. It speaks clearly and powerfully not only to those with an interest in the specific history of Sierra Leone, but to histories of Islam in West Africa, the British empire, the Black Atlantic, the Yoruban diaspora, and the slave trade and its aftermath.
Small Countries
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Author : Ulf Hannerz
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2017-04-05
Small Countries written by Ulf Hannerz and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-05 with Social Science categories.
What is a small country? Is a country small because of the size of its territory or its population? Can smallness be relative, based on the subjective perception of a country's inhabitants or in comparison with one's neighbors? How does smallness, however it is defined, shape a country and its relations with other countries? Answers to these questions, among others, can be found in Small Countries, the first and only anthropological study of smallness as a defining variable. In terms of population size, some two thirds of the countries of the world can now be considered small countries, and they can be found in all world regions except North America and East Asia. They exhibit great diversity with regard to culture, history, and institutional arrangements, so there can be no model of any "typical" small country. Yet the essays collected by Ulf Hannerz and Andre Gingrich identify a range of family resemblances in such areas as internal connectivity and sensibilities of identity. Contributors describe a number of similar problems with which small countries must cope, on domestic levels as well as in their transnational and global encounters. For some small countries, challenges such as media organization and branding have a negative impact on real or perceived vulnerability, while for others, the same challenges facilitate success stories. Comparative case studies cover a diverse set of regions, including the Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, and Europe, and employ diverse anthropological approaches. Tacit assumptions about scale, identities, and networks in everyday social life are best revealed through close, interpretive effort. At times a sense of shared belonging comes to the fore with particular events, such as a national crisis or an unexpected success in international sports, offering scope for situational analyses. In showing how small countries confront globalization, Small Countries reveals how the sense of scale intensifies when the world as a whole shrinks. Contributors: Regina F. Bendix, Aleksandar Bošković, Virginia R. Dominguez, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Andre Gingrich, Beng-Lan Goh, Ulf Hannerz, Sulayman N. Khalaf, Eva-Maria Knoll, Jacqueline Knörr, Orvar Löfgren, João de Pina-Cabral, Don Robotham, Cris Shore, Richard Wilk, Helena Wulff.
The Paradoxes Of History And Memory In Post Colonial Sierra Leone
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Author : Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2013-10-10
The Paradoxes Of History And Memory In Post Colonial Sierra Leone written by Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-10 with History categories.
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. This anthology provides critical reflections on major themes such as ethnicity, class, gender, identity formation, nation building, resistance, and social conflict.
The Temne Of Sierra Leone
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Author : Joseph J. Bangura
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-11-09
The Temne Of Sierra Leone written by Joseph J. Bangura and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-09 with History categories.
An in-depth study examining the agency and influence of indigenous Temne-speakers in the making of the Sierra Leone Colony. It is ideal for students, researchers, and scholars interested in the foundations of colonial Sierra Leone and its social, political and economic history, and Colonial Studies and African history more widely.
Critical Dimensions Of African Studies
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Author : Jennifer L. De Maio
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2023
Critical Dimensions Of African Studies written by Jennifer L. De Maio and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Political Science categories.
Critical Dimensions of African Studies emphasizes a critique of power structures, the promotion of human liberation, a commitment to social justice and transformation, and critical reflection on the politics of the production and circulation of knowledge of Africa.
Integrating Strangers
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Author : Anaïs Ménard
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2023
Integrating Strangers written by Anaïs Ménard and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with History categories.
Drawing on an ethnography of Sherbro coastal communities in Sierra Leone, this book analyses the politics and practice of identity through the lens of the reciprocal relations that exist between socio-ethnic groups. Anaïs Ménard examines the implications of the social arrangement that binds landlords and strangers in a frontier region, the Freetown Peninsula, characterized by high degrees of individual mobility and social interactions. She showcases the processes by which Sherbro identity emerged as a flexible category of practice, allowing individuals the possibility to claim multiple origins and perform ethnic crossovers while remaining Sherbro.
An African In Imperial London
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Author : Danell Jones
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-01
An African In Imperial London written by Danell Jones and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with History categories.
In a world dominated by the British Empire, and at a time when many Europeans considered black people inferior, Sierra Leonean writer A. B. C. Merriman-Labor claimed his right to describe the world as he found it. He looked at the Empire's great capital and laughed. In this first biography of Merriman-Labor, Danell Jones describes the tragic spiral that pulled him down the social ladder from writer and barrister to munitions worker, from witty observer of the social order to patient in a state-run hospital for the poor. In restoring this extraordinary man to the pantheon of African observers of colonialism, she opens a window onto racial attitudes in Edwardian London. An African in Imperial London is a rich portrait of a great metropolis, writhing its way into a new century of appalling social inequity, world-transforming inventions, and unprecedented demands for civil rights.
Muslim Fula Business Elites And Politics In Sierra Leone
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Author : Alusine Jalloh
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2018
Muslim Fula Business Elites And Politics In Sierra Leone written by Alusine Jalloh and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
The first comprehensive book on the participation of Muslim Fula business elites in the post-independence politics of Sierra Leone