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H.C. BANKOLE-BRIGHT AND POLITICS IN COLONIAL SIERRA LEONE, 1919-1958
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Akintola Wyse, David Anderson, Carolyn Brown |
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Hardback |
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ISBN 10: |
0521365155 |
ISBN 13: |
9780521365154 |
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Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 November, 1990 |
Series: |
African Studies 64 |
Pages: |
292 |
Description: |
This substantial and thoroughly documented book is a political biography of an important figure in Sierra Leone. |
Synopsis: |
This substantial and thoroughly documented book is a political biography of an important figure in Sierra Leone. It is also a comment on two of the major themes of the country's history - the relations between the Colony (Krio society) and the Protectorate (the earlier inhabitants of the territory) and, more importantly, the position of the imperial regime vis-a-vis its colonial subjects. The author, a Sierra Leonean and a Krio himself, skilfully examines the country's recent history through the life of Dr H. C. Bankole-Bright, an important leader of the Krio people. The Krio, descendants of the freed slaves, were the elite of Sierra Leone for more than a century, but ultimately they failed to master mass electorial politics during the period of decolonization leading to independence. Dr Bankole-Bright's failure is seen as emblematic of the disappointed hopes of the Krio as a political group in Sierra Leone. An underlying theme of the book is the misrepresentation of the Krio people in Sierra Leone historiography. |
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bibliography, index, notes |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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