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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 [electronic resource] : love and survival in Sierra Leone / Catherine E. Bolten.
ISBN
9780520273788 (cloth alk. paper)
9780520273795 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780520953536 (e-book)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Physical Description
xxii, 268 p. : ill.
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2013
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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