Jackson In Sierra Leone

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8556-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

The reminiscences of an anthropologist revisiting the site of his fieldwork from the 1970s; it is also an account of the life of a prominent politician (and friend of the author) in Sierra Leone.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations xi

Maps xiii

1. Night Flight to Freetown 1

2. The North 12

3. Place of Refuge 20

4. In Kabala 32

5.The Beef 41

6. Within These Four Walls 49

7. The Executions 56

8. Fina Kamara’s Story 64

9. Tina Kome Marah 74

10. Early Days 86

11. Independence 98

12. Going Abroad 107

13. In Government 112

14. Thinking Back 125

15. Seeds of Conflict 132

16. The War 140

17. Day into Night 151

18. The Reversals of Fortune 161

19. The Value of Shade 170

20. Exile 180

21. In Conakry 186

22. Trust and Truth 192

23. The Hotel 201

Notes 209

Index 223

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Jackson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. He is an award-winning poet, novelist, and anthropologist. Among his many books are Minima Ethnographica: Intersubjectivity and the Anthropological Project; Barawa, and the Ways Birds Fly in the Sky; At Home in the World (published by Duke University Press); Pieces of Music, a novel; and Antipodes, a collection of poetry.