In Sierra Leone

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The 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.

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Title Statements

Full title :In Sierra Leone / Michael Jackson.

Summary

The 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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (225 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780822385561, 0822385562, 0822333015, 9780822333012, 0822333139, 9780822333135
oclc:on1055302365
LC Classification:GN21.J337
Dewey Decimal:301/.092

Night flight to Freetown -- The North -- Place of refuge -- In Kabala -- The beef -- Within these four walls -- The executions -- Fina Kamara's story -- Tina Kome Marah -- Early days -- Independence -- Going abroad -- In government -- Thinking back -- Seeds of conflict -- The war -- Day into night -- The reversals of fortune -- The value of shade -- Exile -- In Conakry -- Trust and truth -- The hotel.

Subjects

Anthropologie politique -- Sierra Leone Anthropologists Anthropologists -- Biography. -- Sierra… Anthropologues -- Biographies. -- Sierr… Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General Guerre et société -- Sierra Leone Jackson, Michael Kouranko (Peuple d'Afrique) -- Biograph… Kuranko (African people) Kuranko (African people) -- Biography Marah, Sewa Bockarie Political anthropology Political anthropology -- Sierra Leone Politics and government Sierra Leone Sierra Leone -- Conditions sociales Sierra Leone -- Politics and government Sierra Leone -- Politique et gouverneme… Sierra Leone -- Social conditions