English in Sierra Leone

English Today ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Conteh-Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
African Country ◽  
West African ◽  
West African Country

A description of the language as used in this West African country and a consideration of its status there

scholarly journals WHO OWNS THE DIAMONDS? THE OCCULT ECO-NOMY OF DIAMOND MINING IN SIERRA LEONE

Africa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo D'Angelo
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
African Country ◽  
Civil Conflict ◽  
West African ◽  
Economic Perspective ◽  
West African Country ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Sierra Leonean ◽  
Diamond Mining ◽  
Political Economic

ABSTRACTMuch of the literature on Sierra Leonean diamonds focuses on the role that this mineral resource played in the recent civil conflict (1991–2002). However, the political-economic perspective that is common to these analyses has lost sight of the main actors in this social reality. What do miners think of diamonds? Like their Malagasy colleagues engaged in the search for sapphires, the Sierra Leonean diamond miners often maintain that they do not know what diamonds could possibly be used for. What is specific to the diamond mining areas in this West African country is that suspicions and fantasies about the uses of diamonds go hand in hand with the idea that these precious stones belong to invisible spiritual entities known locally as djinns ordεbul dεn. Although this article aims to analyse the occult imaginary of diamond miners, it takes a different stand from the occult economies approach. By combining a historical-imaginative perspective with a historical and ecological one, this article intends to highlight the indissoluble interweaving of material and imaginative processes of artisanal diamond production in the context of Sierra Leone's mines.

scholarly journals Knowledge of and Management Attitude regarding Dentin Hypersensitivity among Dentists from a West African Country

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatou Leye Benoist ◽  
Fatou Gaye Ndiaye ◽  
Babacar Faye ◽  
Khaly Bane ◽  
Papa Ibrahima Ngom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Mechanical Stimulus ◽  
West African ◽  
Dentin Hypersensitivity ◽  
Mechanical Stimuli ◽  
West African Country ◽  
Management Procedure ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Triggering Factor ◽  
Management Attitude

ABSTRACT Aim The aim of the present study was to assess knowledge of, and management attitude of dentists regarding Dentin hypersensitivity. Materials and methods The study involved all the dentists from private and public sectors, exerting in Senegal. The following data were requested from the surveyed dentists using an anonymous questionnaire; sociodemographics (i.e. age, gender, area of activity, etc.) and knowledge on triggering factor, type of pain, diagnosis, preventive and curative procedures. Results Out of the 238 dentists who received the questionnaire, 68.9% returned properly filled forms. They were 116 males and 48 females with a mean age of 41.99 ± 8.50 years. Eighty three percent of the participants had a good understanding of the characteristics of pain related to DH and 92% recogni-zed chemical and thermal stimuli as triggering factor while mechanical stimulus was not evoked. Many responders (90.9%) did not have any idea of the mechanism for pain transmission across the dentin. Regarding diagnosis technique, 68% use mechanical stimuli to elicit DH pain. Regarding management procedure, the use of desensitizing tooth paste is the mostly chosen option followed by professional topical application of fluoride. More than 1/3rd of the surveyed dentists confess resorting to root canal to manage DH. Conclusion We recommend incorporation of basic science knowledge on orofacial pain and competencies to manage painful conditions like dentin hypersensitivity. Also, Health regulatory institutions should make continuing dental education a requirement to preserve the dental licensure. How to cite this article Benoist FL, Ndiaye FG, Faye B, Bane K, Ngom PI, Ndong PMK. Knowledge of and Management Attitude regarding Dentin Hypersensitivity among Dentists from a West African Country. J Contemp Dent Pract 2014;15(1):86-91.

scholarly journals LA DIFFUSION SPATIALE DE L’INNOVATION DU CENTRE CIDAP EN MATIERE DE DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL DANS LA PREFECTURE DE DOUFELGOU AU TOGO / THE SPATIAL DISSEMINATION OF THE INNOVATION OF THE CIDAP CENTER IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PREFECTURE OF DOUFELGOU IN TOGO

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aguey Kpati Komlan
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
West African ◽  
Spatial Diffusion ◽  
West African Country ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Politiques Publiques ◽  
Diffusion Spatiale ◽  
Definition Of

Le Togo a opté pour le développement local comme stratégie permettant d’apporter une meilleure réponse aux enjeux de développement des populations des collectivités locales. Cette orientation des politiques publiques semble être une nouveauté dans les stratégies de développement mises en œuvre dans ce pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Les modèles proposés sont plutôt exogènes, aux antipodes de la définition même du développement local. N’existait-il pas d’initiatives inspirantes et transférables dans diverses collectivités locales? C’est l’objet principal de cet article qui met en exergue l’initiative du centre CIDAP créé en 1984, pour sauvegarder les savoirs endogènes des peuples Nawda à partir du canton de Baga. Une analyse de leurs effets, quatre décennies après le début des interventions, montre leur diffusion spatiale dans les 14 cantons de la préfecture de Doufelgou, bien au-delà des objectifs initiaux des promoteurs. Elle pourrait inspirer la dynamique de développement territorial dans d’autres collectivités. Togo has opted for local development as a strategy to provide a better response to the development challenges of the populations of local communities. This strategy seems to be a novelty in the development strategies implemented in this West African country. The models proposed are rather exogenous, at odds with the very definition of local development. Were there not inspiring and transferable initiatives in various local communities? This is the main object of this article, which highlights the initiative of the CIDAP center, created in 1984, to safeguard the endogenous knowledge of the Nawda peoples from the canton of Baga. An analysis of their effects, four decades after the start of the interventions, shows their spatial diffusion in the 14 cantons of the prefecture of Doufelgou, well beyond the initial objectives of the promoters. It could inspire the dynamics of territorial development in other communities. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0720/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Anglicanism in West Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Femi James Kolapo
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
First World War ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
West African ◽  
West African Country ◽  
World War ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World ◽  
Full Charge

This chapter examines the course of the transformation of the Anglican mission into an indigenous West African Anglican Church after the First World War. In general, coinciding with the wane and demise of European imperialism, paralleled by the withdrawal of the dominance of London Church Missionary Society and European missionaries, West African Anglicans have sought more or less successfully to redefine the identity of their local church to fit ever more closely with its new African locus. The specific contexts in each West African country where the Anglican Church has been established played significant roles in the nature of the process and its outcome. By the close of the period under analysis here, West African Anglicans have come to fully own their Church, taking full charge of its culture, structure, and doctrine, and are asserting a global leadership claim in the Anglican Communion.

scholarly journals Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William George Nomikos
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
African Country ◽  
West African ◽  
West African Country ◽  
Frequent Contact ◽  
The United Nations

Despite the abundance of evidence that peacekeeping works, we know little about what actually makes peacekeepers effective. Recent work suggesting that local agendas are central to modern conflicts make this omission particularly problematic. The article demonstrates that the presence of peacekeepers makes individuals more optimistic about the risks of engagement and the likelihood that members of outgroups will reciprocate cooperation. I use data from a lab-in-the-field experiment conducted in Mali, a West African country with an active conflict managed by troops from France and the United Nations (UN), to show that UN peacekeepers increase the willingness of individuals to cooperate relative to control and French enforcers. Moreover, I find that UN peacekeepers are especially effective among those participants who hold other groups and institutions in low esteem as well as those who have more frequent contact with peacekeepers. Follow-up interviews and surveys suggest that perceptions of the UN as unbiased rather than other mechanisms account for its effectiveness.

scholarly journals Conference Report: “Thirty Years of German-Beninese Cooperation in Social Science Research on Benin: Topics, Conclusions, Future Prospects” –Thurnau/Bayreuth, 8–10 March 2012

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 187-193
Author(s):  
Jeannett Martin ◽  
Laetitia Wayaffe
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
African Country ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Science Research ◽  
West African ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
West African Country ◽  
The Past

This report summarizes the contributions and debates from a conference on German–Beninese cooperation in social science research (8–10 March 2012, University of Bayreuth). In drawing on the experiences from more than three decades of social science research on this West African country, it refers to examples from the past and present of African Studies in Germany, as well as describing the potential for German–African cooperation in this field in the future. Aside from this, it raises the question of whether and how social science cooperation is possible given the economic and power disparities. It is argued that cooperation “on equal terms” will not be easy to achieve but must be consistently striven for – personally as well as politically.

The Rise and Demise of the Boys’ Company

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-65
Author(s):  
Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Military Training ◽  
West African ◽  
Training Institution ◽  
West African Country ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
The Military

Abstract Graduates of Ghana's defunct Army Boys’ Company, a specialized military training institution for boys, participated to varying degrees in all five successful coups in the West African country. Most significantly, their prominent role in the coups of 1979 and 1981 catapulted them into the heart of the Ghanaian political arena. They thus became political actors; a position with far reaching consequences for the Boys’ Company. Coups in Ghana have received considerable academic attention. However, the focus of this body of literature tended to be on the coup leaders with rarely any attention for the soldiers who facilitate the power seizures by conducting the fighting. This article addresses this lacunae by assessing how the so-called “ex-Boys” radicalized politically, while bringing to the fore their experience at the Army Boys’ Company and in the military. Additionally, the article scrutinizes the conditions that led to demise of the Boys’ Company.

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