Community leadership and the transformation of Freetown, (1801-1976) / Barbara E. Harrell-Bond, Allen M. Howard, David E. Skinner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrell-Bond, Barbara E., author.

Howard, Allen M., author.

Skinner, David E., author.

Series:

Change and continuity in Africa.

Change and Continuity in Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Sierra Leone--Freetown.

Community development.

Minorities--Sierra Leone--Freetown.

Minorities.

Sociology, Urban--Sierra Leone--Freetown.

Sociology, Urban.

Freetown (Sierra Leone)--Politics and government.

Freetown (Sierra Leone).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 416 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of contents

List of tables, figures and plates

Abbreviations

1. MIGRATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES

2. THE EMERGENCE OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES AND HEADSHIP (1800-1918)

3. HEADMEN AS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INTERMEDIARIES DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

4. ETHNICITY, ISLAM, AND HEADSHIP DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

5. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF HEADSHIP

6. THE SURVIVAL OF HEADSHIP (1905-1961)

7. THE COURTS OF THE TRIBAL HEADMEN

8. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INSTITUTION OF TRIBAL HEADMEN (1961-1976)

9 . HEADSHIP AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF FREETOWN

APPENDIX A: HOUSEHOLD DESCRIPTIONS AND A NEIGHBOURHOOD STUDY - FREETOWN

APPENDIX B: ALIEN MAHOMMEDANS - DUTIES OF ALMAMIES

APPENDIX C: TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (FREETOWN). NO. 19 OF 1905

APPENDIX D: AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF 'THE TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (FREETOWN) ORDINANCE, 1905'. NO. 27 OF 1906

APPENDIX E: TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (FREETOWN) (SERRAKULI, BAMBARA, AND WASOLOO) NO. 8 OF 1918

APPENDIX F: RULES MADE BY THE TRIBAL RULER OF THE FOULAH TRIBE RESIDENT IN FREETOWN, ACTING WITH THE HEADMEN OF SUCH TRIBE, UNDER SECTION FOUR OF THE TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (COLONY) ORDINANCE, 1924

APPENDIX G: TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (COLONY) NO. 48 OF 1932: AN ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE A SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION BY TRIBAL AUTHORITY AMONG THE TRIBES SETTLED IN FREETOWN AND IN OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE COLONY

APPENDIX H: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE THE WORKING OF THE TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION (COLONY) ORDINANCE, CAP. 244. FREETOWN 1955

APPENDIX I: FREETOWN HEADMEN - NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-377) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783111330013

311133001X

OCLC:

1110716633