Joseph J. Bangura (Michigan Kalamazoo College)

The Temne of Sierra Leone

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Produktbeschreibung

An in-depth study examining the agency and influence of indigenous Temne-speakers in the making of the Sierra Leone Colony. It is ideal for students, researchers, and scholars interested in the foundations of colonial Sierra Leone and its social, political and economic history, and Colonial Studies and African history more widely.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781107197985
• ISBN-10: 1107197988
• Artikelnr.: 48209269

Autorenporträt

Joseph J. Bangura is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the African Studies Program at Kalamazoo College, Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in African history from Dalhousie University, Canada and has published widely on the colonial history of Sierra Leone and Freetown.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Historical Epistemology: 1. Introduction: rethinking history and
Freetown historiography; 2. Frontiers of identity: the Creoles and the
politics of belonging; Part II. Beyond the Colonial Sphinx: African Agency
in the Making of the Colony: 3. Realpolitik and boundaries of power: the
Temne in local administration; 4. Intergroup relations and genealogies of
conflict: the Temne and Freetonian dichotomy; Part III. Ethnocentrism and
New Frames of Popular Culture: 5. Temne cultural associations and popular
representations; 6. Islamic triumphalism in a Christian colony: Temne
Agency in the spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam; 7. From the margins
to the center: the role of Temne market women traders; 8. Conclusion: nexus
of microhistory: new perspective on the Colony's historical landscape;
Bibliography; Index.