Coastal Sierra Leone: Materiality and the Unseen in Maritime West Africa

by Jennifer Diggins

Book Overview

Against the backdrop of a threadbare post-war state and a global marine ecology in treacherous decline, Jennifer Diggins offers a dynamic account of post-war Sierra Leone, through the examination of a precarious frontier economy and those who depend on it. The book traces how understandings of intimacy, interdependence, and exploitation have been shaped through a history of indentured labour, violence, and gendered migration; and how these relationships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108454682
• ISBN13: 9781108454681
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"