Human rights in Sierra Leone, 1787-2016 : the long struggle from the Transatlantic slave trade to the present / John Idriss Lahai.
2019
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Author
Title
Human rights in Sierra Leone, 1787-2016 : the long struggle from the Transatlantic slave trade to the present / John Idriss Lahai.
Imprint
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright
©2019
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages).
Series
Routledge studies in the modern history of Africa.
Formatted Contents Note
The Transatlantic slave trade and the illusions of "freedom" in the province of freedom, 1787-1790
The restitutive justice policy of the Sierra Leone Company, 1791-1808
No taxation without representation, 1820-1920
Citizens and protected persons, 1920-1951
Racism and the rise of party politics, 1950-1960
Class conflict: chiefs, politicians, and peasants and the revolts of 1955 and 1956
Women in the colonial spaces: from the founding of the colony to 1960
Political independence and the Africanization project, 1960-1967
The narratives on human rights in a neopatrimonial state, 1967-1984
Ethnopolitics, tribal-nationalism and the youth empowerment crisis, 1985-1991
(Wo)men's rights in the neopatrimonial/ethnopolitical spaces, 1967-1991
The idea of liberation in the war communities, 1991-2002: representation, adaptation, and outcomes
Contested truth: the Truth Commission and restorative justice, 2002-2004
The War Victims' Fund and the emergence of contributive justice after 2004
The quest for another province of freedom: the Human Rights Commission and the Constitutional Review Committee, 1994-2016.
The restitutive justice policy of the Sierra Leone Company, 1791-1808
No taxation without representation, 1820-1920
Citizens and protected persons, 1920-1951
Racism and the rise of party politics, 1950-1960
Class conflict: chiefs, politicians, and peasants and the revolts of 1955 and 1956
Women in the colonial spaces: from the founding of the colony to 1960
Political independence and the Africanization project, 1960-1967
The narratives on human rights in a neopatrimonial state, 1967-1984
Ethnopolitics, tribal-nationalism and the youth empowerment crisis, 1985-1991
(Wo)men's rights in the neopatrimonial/ethnopolitical spaces, 1967-1991
The idea of liberation in the war communities, 1991-2002: representation, adaptation, and outcomes
Contested truth: the Truth Commission and restorative justice, 2002-2004
The War Victims' Fund and the emergence of contributive justice after 2004
The quest for another province of freedom: the Human Rights Commission and the Constitutional Review Committee, 1994-2016.
Summary
This book offers an up-to-date, comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the multifaceted and evolving experiences of human rights in Sierra Leone between the years 1787 and 2016. It provides a balanced coverage of the local and international conditions that frame the socio-cultural, political, and economic context of human rights: its rise and fall, and concerns for the broader engendered issues of the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism, women's struggle for recognition, constitutional development, political independence, war, and transitional justice (as well as "contributive justice," which the author introduces to explain the consequences of the problems of the temporal nature of transitional justice, and the crisis of donor fatigue towards peacebuilding activities), local government, democracy, and constitutional reforms within Sierra Leone. While acknowledging the profound challenges associated with the promotion of human rights in an environment of uncertainty, political fragility, lawlessness, and deprivation, John Idriss Lahai sheds light on the often-constructive engagement of the people of Sierra Leone with a variety of societal conditions, adverse or otherwise, to influence constitutional change, the emergent post-coflict discourse on "contributive justice," and acceptable human rights practice. This book will be of interest to scholars in West African history, legal history, African studies, peace and conflict studies, human rights and transitional justice.
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Taylor & Francis Online
Language
English
ISBN
9780429887598 electronic book
0429887590 electronic book
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9780429887574 kindle edition
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0429887590 electronic book
9780429468407 electronic book
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9780429887581 electronic book
0429887582 electronic book
9780429887574 kindle edition
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