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I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone /
"Utilizing narratives of seven different people--soldier, rebel, student, trader, evangelist, father, and politician--I Did it To Save My Life provides fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. Individuals in the town of Makeni...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
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| Series: | California series in public anthropology ;
24. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war
- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital
- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier
- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel
- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student
- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader
- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist
- "They really damaged me": the father
- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician
- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.