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This dissertation focuses on slaves and peasants as self-consciousness actors in northwestern Sierra Leone between 1896 to 1956. During this period, which covers almost the entire duration of British colonial rule in the region, these subaltern groups used covert and violent act…

This thesis critiques liberal peacebuilding in Africa, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone. In particular, it examines the interface between the liberal peace and the “local”, the forms of agency that various local actors are expressing in response to the liberal peace and t…

This dissertation focuses on the political implications of education in Senegal from 1884 to 1914, a period during which French colonial officials created significant numbers of new schools and reformed existing ones. It asks how the development of colonial schooling in Senegal …