I Did It to Save My Life - Love and Survival in Sierra Leone

Zusatztext "Bolten does a great job of depicting the life histories of seven residents of Makeni experiencing [Sierra Leone's] civil war in different capacities and from various angles. . . . Reading their stories intertwined with the history of the civil war and Bolten’s insightful comments was very intriguing indeed." Informationen zum Autor Catherine Bolten is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Klappentext "Ethnographically rich! these accounts come to life in beautiful prose. These are inspiring and at times heartbreaking stories of how people living in such difficult and dangerous circumstances find ways to survive! love and take care of each other. This will be a valuable contribution as well as a welcome counter to the more popular images of warzones as places of total immorality."-Catherine Besteman! author of Transforming Cape Town Zusammenfassung Provides a fresh insight into how ordinary Sierra Leoneans survived the war that devastated their country for a decade. This title illuminates a social world based on love, compassionate relationship based on material exchange and nurturing, that transcends romance and binds people together across space. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Timeline of the Key Events of War and Aftermath! 1991-2003 Note on Sources Introduction: Sierra Leonean Emotions! Sierra Leonean War Chapter 1: Understanding Makeni and Nested Loyalties: Marginality and Collaboration in the Northern Capital Chapter 2: "I Must Be Grateful to Them for Freeing Me": The Soldier Chapter 3: "They Said Nobody Would Hide from This War": The Rebel Chapter 4: "I Held a Gun but I Did Not Fire It": The Student Chapter 5: "The Government Brought Death! the Rebels Allowed Us to Live": The Trader Chapter 6: "It Was the Lord Who Wanted Me to Stay": The Evangelist Chapter 7: "They Really Damaged Me": The Father Chapter 8: "The RUF Thought I Was on Their Side": The Politician Epilogue and Conclusions: Makeni! May 2010 Notes Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Bolten, Catherine E Bolten, Catherine E. Bolten, Bolten Catherine E.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780520273795
• ISBN: 978-0-520-27379-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: California Series in Public An; California Series in Public Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Sierra Leone, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Africa / West, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural anthropology, African History, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999