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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bolten, Catherine E. (Catherine Elizabeth), 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
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.