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

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 966.404
• Soggetto topico: Collective memory - Sierra Leone; Postcolonialism - Sierra Leone; Historiography - Sierra Leone
• Soggetto geografico: Sierra Leone History 21st century; Sierra Leone History 20th century
• Altri autori: Ojukutu-MacauleySylvia RashidIsmail O. D. <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Identity ; 6 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 ; BibliographyAbout the Authors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Using 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Paradoxes of history and memory in postcolonial Sierra Leone
• ISBN: 0-7391-8003-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790893303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II