The Krio Of West Africa
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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.
The Krio Of Sierra Leone
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Author : Akintola J. G. Wyse
language : en
Publisher: C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS
Release Date : 1989
The Krio Of Sierra Leone written by Akintola J. G. Wyse and has been published by C. HURST & CO. PUBLISHERS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Creole (Sierra Leone) categories.
Wyse interprets the history of the Krio from their earliest days as a collective entity to the present, charting their rise and decline as a political force and examining the characteristic ethos of the people as expressed in their social, economic, and above all, educational aspirations.
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 Foreign Language Study 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 English Language In West Africa
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Author : John Spencer
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 1971
The English Language In West Africa written by John Spencer and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Africa, West categories.
Women And The Amistad Connection
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Author : Filomina Chioma Steady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Women And The Amistad Connection written by Filomina Chioma Steady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Creoles (Sierra Leone) categories.
Women and the Amistad Connection: Sierra Leone Krio Society is a welcome relief from reports of the ten-year rebel war in Sierra Leone and gives a glimpse of life in a part of Sierra Leone during its more customary periods of peace. It is an important and timely record of a people whose lives may have been changed forever. This rather unique group, the Krios of Sierra Leone is presented from a perspective in which women are central. It uses an indigenous model and allows the women to "speak for themselves" while refraining from imposing extemal theoretical and other explanatory models. The study examines the history and development of a pluri-cultural society representing African, European and New World influences which resulted from the repatriation to Freetown, Sierra Leone of freed slaves from different parts of the world. The role of women in maintaining the kinship and household structure; life cycle events and rituals are central to understanding this complex and dynamic society. The study deals with the history and current situation of women and their informal and formal associations including their world view. It argues that Krio society is both "sui generis" and "diasporic" because of its cultural links to both Africa and to the African Diaspora. It examines the elements that constitute a rather unique Krio cultural model representing its social organization, kinship, the family and household, life-cycle and special events. This pluri-cultural feature, it is argued, best explains the resilience of this group to many challenges over the years, including the recent challenge of a protracted and brutal rebel war. The book will be a valuable contribution to African studies,women's studies and anthropology because of its uniqueness. It is the first comprehensive and systematic study of the social organization and culture of this group from a perspective in which women are central. It also elaborates on many of the previous studies on the Krios previously referred to as "Creoles". It will augment the limited material available on women in the African Diaspora. No study of Africa, the African Diaspora or women in Africa would be complete without the important dimension that the study brings to the literature.
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.
The Athens Of West Africa
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Author : Daniel J. Paracka, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03
The Athens Of West Africa written by Daniel J. Paracka, Jr. and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03 with Education categories.
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
Ghanaian Pidgin English In Its West African Context
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Author : Magnus Huber
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Ghanaian Pidgin English In Its West African Context written by Magnus Huber and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This first published full-scale study of the Ghanaian variety of West African Pidgin English (GhaPE) makes extensive use of hitherto neglected historical material and provides a synchronic account of GhaPE’s structure and sociolinguistics. Special focus is on the differences between GhaPE and other West African Pidgins, in particular the development of, and interrelations between, the different varieties of restructured English in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. This monograph further includes an overview of the history of Afro-European contact languages in Lower Guinea with special emphasis on the Gold Coast; an outline of the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a description of how and when the transplantation of Sierra Leonean Krio to other West African countries took place; an analysis of the linguistic evidence for the origin, development, and spread of restructured Englishes on the Lower Guinea Coast; an account of the different varieties of GhaPE and their sociolinguistic status in the contemporary linguistic ecology of Ghana; as well as a comprehensive structural description of the “uneducated” variety of GhaPE. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains illustrative material such as spoken GhaPE and photographs.
The Creoles Of Sierra Leone
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Author : Leo Spitzer
language : en
Publisher: [Madison] : University of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1974
The Creoles Of Sierra Leone written by Leo Spitzer and has been published by [Madison] : University of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Social Science categories.
The Upper Guinea Coast In Global Perspective
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Author : Jacqueline Knörr
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2016-02-01
The Upper Guinea Coast In Global Perspective written by Jacqueline Knörr and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Social Science categories.
For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics and various other social phenomena. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation.