LEADER 03407nam 22006251 450 001 9910790893303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-8003-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000001144425 035 $a(EBL)1481214 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037267 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12444298 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037267 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11043187 035 $a(PQKB)10971036 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1481214 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1481214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10783438 035 $a(OCoLC)861692214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001144425 100 $a20131029d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aParadoxes of history and memory in postcolonial Sierra Leone /$fedited by Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley and Ismail Rashid 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4985-2057-X 311 $a0-7391-8002-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPARADOXES 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 Identity 327 $a6 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 Beyond 327 $aBibliographyAbout the Authors; Index 330 $aUsing 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. 606 $aCollective memory$zSierra Leone 606 $aPostcolonialism$zSierra Leone 606 $aHistoriography$zSierra Leone 607 $aSierra Leone$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aSierra Leone$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aCollective memory 615 0$aPostcolonialism 615 0$aHistoriography 676 $a966.404 701 $aOjukutu-Macauley$b Sylvia$01520686 701 $aRashid$b Ismail O. D.$f1963-$01520687 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790893303321 996 $aParadoxes of history and memory in postcolonial Sierra Leone$93759404 997 $aUNINA