| Description |
1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Creolization and (Krio)lization in the making of nineteenth-century Sierra Leone -- Islam, Christianity, and the state in colonial Freetown -- Trade, religion, and the colonial state -- The Krio diaspora in Nigeria -- Piety and praxis : religion in daily life -- Education and educational reform within the Muslim community -- Postscript |
| Summary |
Sierra Leone's unique history, especially in the development and consolidation of British colonialism in West Africa, has made it an important site of historical investigation since the 1950s. Much of the scholarship produced in subsequent decades has focused on the "Krio," descendants of freed slaves from the West Indies, North America, England, and other areas of West Africa, who settled Freetown, beginning in the late eighteenth century. Two foundational and enduring assumptions have characterized this historiography: the concepts of "Creole" and "Krio" are virtually interchangeable; and t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- History
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Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- Religion
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Creoles (Sierra Leone) -- Africa, West -- History
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Islam -- Africa, West
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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Creoles (Sierra Leone)
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Islam
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West Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821444788 |
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0821444786 |
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9780821420478 |
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082142047X |
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