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I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone
Title
I did it to save my life : love and survival in Sierra Leone / Catherine E. Bolten.
ISBN
9780520273788 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520273788 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520273795 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520273796 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xxii, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2012
Series
California series in public anthropology ; 24
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war
Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital
"I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier
"They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel
"I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student
The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader
"It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist
"They really damaged me": the father
"The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician
Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.
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