Imaginative representations of illicit and conflict diamonds in the Sierra Leone Civil War: from paradox and ambiguity to traumatized national psychology

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Ernest Cole
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Conflict Diamonds

Enslaving Globalization: Slavery, Civil War, and Modernity in Sierra Leone

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-74
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone

Language Movement and Civil War in West Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ericka A. Albaugh
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Language Spread ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter examines how civil war can influence the spread of language. Specifically, it takes Sierra Leone as a case study to demonstrate how Krio grew from being primarily a language of urban areas in the 1960s to one spoken by most of the population in the 2000s. While some of this was due to “normal” factors such as population movement and growing urbanization, the civil war from 1991 to 2002 certainly catalyzed the process of language spread in the 1990s. Using census documents and surveys, the chapter tests the hypothesis at the national, regional, and individual levels. The spread of a language has political consequences, as it allows for citizen participation in the political process. It is an example of political scientists’ approach to uncovering the mechanisms for and evidence of language movement in Africa.

Book Reviews

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-225
Author(s):  
Timo Kallinen ◽  
Michael D. Jackson ◽  
Gisela Welz ◽  
Hastings Donnan ◽  
Jeevan Raj Sharma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Duke University ◽  
In Memoriam ◽  
The Republic

Crude Domination: An Anthropology of Oil Andrea Behrends, Stephen P. Reyna, and Günter Schlee, eds. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2011. 325 pp. Hardcover ISBN 978-0-85745-255-9.The War Machines: Young Men and Violence in Sierra Leone and Liberia Danny Hoffman. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011. 295 pp. Paper ISBN 978-0-8223-5077-4.The Make-Believe Space: Affective Geography in a Postwar Polity Yael Navaro-Yashin. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012. 270 pp. Paper ISBN 978-0-8223-5204-4.The Risk of War: Everyday Sociality in the Republic of Macedonia Vasiliki P. Neofotistos. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. 216 pp. Hardcover ISBN 978-0-8122-4399-4.Maoists at the Hearth: Everyday Life in Nepal’s Civil War Judith Pettigrew. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. 200 pp. Hardcover ISBN 978-0-8122-4492-2.In Memoriam

scholarly journals Civil War and Labor-Market Outcomes in Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mboutchouang Vincent de Paul ◽  
Jorge Dávalos ◽  
James Fomba Sandy ◽  
Isata Mahoi ◽  
Jennifer Korie Chetachi
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals Impact of civil war on emotion recognition: the denial of sadness in Sierra Leone

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Allessandra Umiltà ◽  
Rachel Wood ◽  
Francesca Loffredo ◽  
Roberto Ravera ◽  
Vittorio Gallese
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Emotion Recognition ◽  
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marius Schneider ◽  
Vanessa Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Urban District ◽  
The West ◽  
Independent State ◽  
Coastal City ◽  
Western Area ◽  
British Colony ◽  
Commonwealth Of Nations

Sierra Leone is located on the west coast of Africa, with an area of 71,740 square kilometres (km), bordered by Guinea, Liberia, and a coast line on the Atlantic Ocean of 402 km. The capital of Sierra Leone is the coastal city of Freetown and commands one of the world’s largest natural harbours. It has a population of 7.557 million (2017). The Western Area Urban District, which includes the capital city of Freetown, has a population density of 1,224 people per square kilometre. Formerly a British colony, Sierra Leone became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961 and attained republican status on 19 April 1971. The Sierra Leone civil war took place from 1991 until 2002, a war which had a devastating effect on the country and its economy. Since 2002. Sierra Leone has been in the process of rebuilding and regeneration following the civil war. Official business hours are from Monday to Friday from 0800 to 1700. The currency of Sierra Leone is the Leone (Le).

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