Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining - Strangers, Aliens, Spirits

This book argues that mining area conflicts of Sub-Saharan African countries, like Sierra Leone, and their impacts on mineral development and policy stem from cultural differences in land governance. Extractive industries operating under state laws, which have roots in colonial policies, clash with customary land governance system through landlord-stranger relations.

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1.Introduction: Culture in Commodity Chains; 2.Sierra Leone's Global Incorporation Through Mining; 3.Cultural Difference: Policy and Legislative Dilemmas; 4.Sacred Places: Local Ontology Meets Global Capital; 5.Strangers, Environment, and Livelihoods; 6.Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Mining; 7.Between a Rock and a Hard Place; 8.Conclusion; References; Index    

About the author

Fenda A. Akiwumi is an environmental and social geographer whose research is at the intersection of the sciences, social sciences, and the humanities, with an applied, policy, and community-engaged focus. Using an interdisciplinary, holistic approach, she interrogates the relationship between resource conflicts, cultural heritage, and sustainable mining development in Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Fenda Akiwumi
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781839988097
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-809-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Anthem Advances in African Cultural Studies; International Environmental Policy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sierra Leone, LAW / Conflict of Laws, Society and culture: general, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Indigenous people: governance and politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, blood diamond" war from 1991 to 2001