Memories of the Slave Trade Ritual and the Historical Imagination in Sierra Leone

Name: Memories of the Slave Trade Ritual and the Historical Imagination in Sierra Leone
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ISBN: 9780226751320

ISBN-10: 0226751325

ISBN-13: 9780226751320

Edition: 2002

Authors: Rosalind Shaw

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Drawing on fieldwork and archival research, Shaw argues that memories of the slave trade in Sierra Leone have shaped (and been reshaped by) experiences of colonialism, postcolonialsm, and the country's ten-year rebel war.

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/8/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Temne


Orthography


Introduction



The Atlanticizing of Sierra Leone



Spirit Memoryscape



Roads to Life, Roads to Death Materializing Memory through Divination



Diviners' Knowledge, Diviners' Lives



A Thing under the Water



The Hidden Ritual Process



The Production of Witchcraft/Witchcraft as Production



Cannibal Transformations Experiencing Colonialism in the Sierra Leone Hinterland



The Politician and the Diviner Conclusion: Remembering Modernity


Notes


Bibliography


Index