03407nam 22006251 450 991082253510332120200520144314.00-7391-8003-7(CKB)2550000001144425(EBL)1481214(SSID)ssj0001037267(PQKBManifestationID)12444298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037267(PQKBWorkID)11043187(PQKB)10971036(MiAaPQ)EBC1481214(Au-PeEL)EBL1481214(CaPaEBR)ebr10783438(OCoLC)861692214(EXLCZ)99255000000114442520131029d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrParadoxes of history and memory in postcolonial Sierra Leone /edited by Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley and Ismail RashidLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2013.1 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-2057-X 0-7391-8002-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.PARADOXES OF HISTORY AND MEMORY IN POST-COLONIAL SIERRA LEONE; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Rebellious Subjects and Citizens: Writing Subalterns into the History of Sierra Leone; 3 Clapping With One Hand: The Search for a Gendered "Province of Freedom" in the Historiography of Sierra Leone; 4 (Re) envisioning the African Diaspora: Historical Memory and Cross-fertilization in Post-colonial Sierra Leone; 5 Historical Memory, Pan-Africanism, and National Identity6 The Chalmers Commission and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Sierra Leone: Official Inquiries as Historical Memory7 Decolonization and the Rise of Krio Separatism; 8 The Roots of Military Praetorianism in Sierra Leone; 9 History and Memory in Contemporary Sierra Leone: Re-inscribing Fragments from an Atlantic Past; 10 History, Memory, and Post-colonial Sierra Leone; 11 Sierra Leone at Fifty: Confronting Old Problems and Preparing for New Challenges; 12 They Hold Up Half the Sky: Prospects and Challenges for Sierra Leonean Women in the Twenty-first Century and BeyondBibliographyAbout the Authors; IndexUsing 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. With contributions from different generations of scholars, this anthology provides critical reflections on major themes such as ethnicity, class, gender, identity formation, nation building, resistance and social conflict.Collective memorySierra LeonePostcolonialismSierra LeoneHistoriographySierra LeoneSierra LeoneHistory21st centurySierra LeoneHistory20th centuryCollective memoryPostcolonialismHistoriography966.404Ojukutu-Macauley Sylvia1682085Rashid Ismail O. D.1963-1682086MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822535103321Paradoxes of history and memory in postcolonial Sierra Leone4051945UNINA