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In Sierra Leone / Michael Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Michael, 1940-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jackson, Michael, 1940-.
- Jackson, Michael.
- Marah, Sewa Bockarie, 1934-2003.
- Marah, Sewa Bockarie.
- Anthropologists--Sierra Leone--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Political anthropology--Sierra Leone.
- Political anthropology.
- War and society--Sierra Leone.
- War and society.
- Kuranko (African people)--Biography.
- Kuranko (African people).
- Sierra Leone--Social conditions.
- Sierra Leone.
- Sierra Leone--Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The reminiscences of an anthropologist revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s; it is also an account of the life of a prominent politician (and friend of the author) in Sierra Leone.
- Contents:
- Night flight to Freetown
- The North
- Place of refuge
- In Kabala
- The beef
- Within these four walls
- The executions
- Fina Kamara's story
- Tina Kome Marah
- Early days
- Independence
- Going abroad
- In government
- Thinking back
- Seeds of conflict
- The war
- Day into night
- The reversals of fortune
- The value of shade
- Exile
- In Conakry
- Trust and truth
- The hotel.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613023773
- 9781283023771
- 1283023776
- 9780822385561
- 0822385562
- OCLC:
- 608385562
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