Paradoxes of history and memory in post-colonial Sierra Leone / edited by Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley and Ismail Rashid.

Other author Ojukutu-Macauley, Sylvia.
Other author Rashid, Ismail O. D., 1963-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]
Description323 pages ; 24 cm
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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 -- The 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 -- The 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 291-312) and index.
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LCCN 2013023741
ISBN9780739180020 (cloth : alk. paper)

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