Night flight to Freetown -- The North -- Place of refuge -- In Kabala -- The beef -- Within these four walls -- The executions -- Fina Kamara's story -- Tina Kome Marah -- Early days -- Independence -- Going abroad -- In government -- Thinking back -- Seeds of conflict -- The war -- Day into night -- The reversals of fortune -- The value of shade -- Exile -- In Conakry -- Trust and truth -- The hotel
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index
Notes
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