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Journal articles on the topic "Military history, Modern – Sierra Leone"

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Montgomery, Michael. "Eighteenth-Century Sierra Leone English." English World-Wide 20, no. 1 (1999): 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.20.1.01mon.

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This essay examines the language of an expatriate community as found in letters and petitions written by African Americans who migrated to Sierra Leone by way of Nova Scotia in 1792. These documents provide some of the earliest first-hand evidence of African American English and contribute to debates about the history of that variety. The paper compares selected grammatical features in that variety to modern-day African Nova Scotian English for insights to the history of African American English and develops a case for the principled use of manuscript documents for reconstructing earlier stages of colloquial English.
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Hair, P. E. H. "Franciscan Missionaries and the 1752 `Donation of Sierra Leone'." Journal of Religion in Africa 30, no. 4 (2000): 408–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006600x00393.

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AbstractThe Franciscan mission to western Guinea between the 1660s and the late eighteenth century operated, from its Bissau centre, a 'Mission to Sierra Leone', whose priests occasionally reached the territory of modern Sierra Leone. Contact was made with the Afro-Portuguese resident in the Sierra Leone estuary, particularly with the Lopes family, and in 1752 a leading member was encouraged to make a 'Donation of Sierra Leone' to the Portuguese crown. This had little meaning and no effect. Hardly anything else is known about the local missionary activities, partly because of the decay of the general mission, but scraps of information about the Catholicism of the Afro-Portuguese appear in Portuguese and English sources.
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Utas, Mats, and Magnus Jörgel. "The West Side Boys: military navigation in the Sierra Leone civil war." Journal of Modern African Studies 46, no. 3 (2008): 487–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x08003388.

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ABSTRACTThe West Side Boys were one of several military actors in the Sierra Leonean civil war (1991–2002). A splinter group of the army, the WSB emerged as a key player in 1999–2000. In most Western media accounts, the WSB appeared as nothing more than renegade, anarchistic bandits, devoid of any trace of long-term goals. By contrast, this article aims to explain how the WSB used well-devised military techniques in the field; how their history and military training within the Sierra Leone army shaped their notion of themselves and their view of what they were trying to accomplish; and, finally, how military commanders and politicians employed the WSB as a tactical instrument in a larger map of military and political strategies. It is in the politics of a military economy that this article is grounded.
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Bolten, Catherine E. "SobelRumors and Tribal Truths: Narrative and Politics in Sierra Leone, 1994." Comparative Studies in Society and History 56, no. 1 (2013): 187–214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0010417513000662.

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AbstractThis article examines a case study from war-torn Sierra Leone in 1994, in which a rumor galvanized violent public action and only dissipated when a seemingly unrelated issue was resolved. I argue that the circulation of rumors can foment the emergence of political narratives focused on topics that are otherwise taboo, and creates the space to act on them without overtly disturbing the status quo. I analyze the content of interview material with residents of the town of Makeni and eight months of articles printed in national newspapers to illustrate the subtle emergence of tribal accusations in the context of military mutiny. The rumor itself concerned an imminent attack by mutinous, criminal soldiers (calledsobels) on the town they were meant to defend. This instigated a mass demonstration, shooting into a crowd, political mudslinging, and accusations that some politicians were trying to “tribalize the war.” Responding to the distress, the government removed the offending “tribalist” administrator from Makeni, and all talk ofsobelfears dissipated, even as the reality ofsobelswas borne out in confirmed attacks and a high profile court-martialing. That tribal favoritism was the real issue was illustrated by residents' embrace of their new military administrator and the town's unprecedented move towards development in the midst of renewed security threats.
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Luke, David Fashole. "The Development of Modern Trade Unionism in Sierra Leone, Part II." International Journal of African Historical Studies 18, no. 4 (1985): 625. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/218800.

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Luke, David Fashole. "The Development of Modern Trade Unionism in Sierra Leone, Part I." International Journal of African Historical Studies 18, no. 3 (1985): 425. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/218647.

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Dixon-Fyle, Mac. "Reflections on the Role of the Military in Civilian Politics: the Case of Sierra Leone*." Australian Journal of Politics & History 35, no. 2 (2008): 211–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8497.1989.tb00017.x.

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Berg, Louis-Alexandre. "Elite Bargains and External Influence: Security Assistance and Civil-Military Relations in Post-War Liberia and Sierra Leone." Civil Wars 22, no. 2-3 (2020): 266–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2020.1707495.

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STOLK, SOFIA. "‘The Record on Which History Will Judge Us Tomorrow’: Auto-History in the Opening Statements of International Criminal Trials." Leiden Journal of International Law 28, no. 4 (2015): 993–1012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0922156515000552.

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AbstractIn international criminal tribunal discourse, appeals to history and legitimacy are omnipresent. This article addresses the widespread practice of combining these appeals into one narrative. It analyses how international prosecutors engage with justifying the legitimacy of trials through the invocation of a tribunal's own history. The scrutiny of such ‘auto-histories’ as a specific form of history-telling illuminates an overlooked dimension of trials as fora for writing history. The opening statement is a perfect opportunity for constructing and communicating auto-histories. A comparative study of opening statements at the International Military Tribunal, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court reveals a recurrent, self-justifying narrative where both rootedness in history and a break with the past are key to singing the tribunal into existence as a crucial mechanism in the transition from chaos to peace. The connections between auto-histories at different tribunals show how legal practitioners discursively contribute to constructing the international criminal law's identity by relying on both origins and future.
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Orogun, Paul. "Plunder, Predation and Profiteering: The Political Economy of Armed Conflicts and Economic Violence in Modern Africa." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 2, no. 2 (2003): 283–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156915003322763593.

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AbstractThis paper presents a comparative analytical study that is based on a political economy perspective concerning the effects of economic violence and the specter of predation-induced armed conflicts in modern African states. Although "blood diamonds," crude oil, "conflict timber," and illicit arms trafficking have engendered and exacerbated civil wars, cross-border raids, and protracted regional destabilization in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, my primary focus is on the ongoing military debacle in Liberia and the recently concluded mayhem in Sierra Leone. The "resource curse" hypothesis will be utilized to examine and to illuminate the impact of economic pillaging, illicit arms trade, and predatory warlordism on the political instability and humanitarian atrocities in these two West African countries. A review of the internal regime types and the regional security relations within the sub-region will help to contextualize the recurrent trends and discernable systemic patterns that have been associated with these pillaging wars in the post-cold war era of Africa's international relations. In short, armed conflicts have weakened state capabilities, strained the financial resources of nongovernmental organizations and even raised provocative questions about the political will and sustaining capacities of the international community and regional security organizations to keep the peace and create conditions that are conducive to long-term, sustainable and viable political stability and economic development in the conflict-ridden and war-ravaged Sub-Saharan African States.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Military history, Modern – Sierra Leone"

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Krige, Greta. "Perspectives on "New wars" in Africa: the case of Sierra Leone." Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2601.

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Thesis (MPhil (Political Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.<br>The primary goal of this thesis is to explore, analyse and apply the New War theory to the West African case of Sierra Leone. The motivation for conducting a study of this nature was that much literature exists on the assumption that the Sierra Leonean conflict equates to a resource war. This research project attempts to bridge the gap between the New War schools of thought and those who maintain a resource war approach. Although Kaldor’s (2006) work on New Wars is significant, she does not place much emphasis on Africa. In order to supplement this, William Reno (2001) and Paul Collier (2000) have also been studied. Both write about Africa. The RUF virtually razed the Sierra Leonean society to the ground. The overtly violent methods employed were dissimilar to the interstate and intrastate wars of the past. Blatant exploitation of the country’s mineral wealth aggravated the situation. In attempting to reach a relevant finding, this study is divided into distinctive sections. Chapter two documents the theoretical background. The writings of Kaldor (2006), Reno (2001) and Collier (2000) are explored and applied. The third chapter investigates the factors in the conflict. Issues such as the resource factor (diamonds) and poverty are discussed; the failed state in Sierra Leone; criminal networks; social conditions; arms; and the role of youth and children. The general finding of this chapter indicates that Sierra Leone fits this model. Chapter four describes and analyses the actors. Identity was not an issue in the Sierra Leone war; thus a large part of Kaldor’s theory becomes redundant. In the final assessment the study establishes what Sierra Leone’s position is: New War or merely resource war? The bulk of the applied theory proved to be applicable to this case; but the study also acknowledges the mistaken views regarding Kaldor’s identity theories. Collier and Reno’s works prove to be significantly more relevant. This study was able to determine that Sierra Leone was indeed an example of New Wars, albeit considerably affected and influenced by greed.
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Books on the topic "Military history, Modern – Sierra Leone"

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Dorman, Andrew M. Blair's successful war: British military intervention in Sierra Leone. Ashgate, 2009.

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1959-, Reese Timothy R., ed. Military interventions in Sierra Leone: Lessons from a failed state. Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center, 2008.

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Blair's successful war: British military intervention in Sierra Leone. Ashgate, 2009.

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Adeshina, Rafiu A. The reversed victory: The story of Nigerian military intervention in Sierra Leone. Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria), 2002.

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Military power and third-party conflict mediation in West Africa: The Liberia and Sierra Leone case studies. Obafemi Awolowo University Press, 2001.

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Bundu, Abass. Democracy by force?: A study of international military intervention in the civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991-2000. Universal Publishers/uPUBLISH.com, 2001.

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Fred, Marafono, ed. From SAS to blood diamond wars. Pen & Sword Military, 2011.

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Operation certain death: The inside story of the SAS's greatest battle. Century, 2004.

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Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier. Sarah Crichton Books, 2007.

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Beah, Ishmael. Ru ckkehr ins Leben: Ich war Kindersoldat. Campus-Verl., 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Military history, Modern – Sierra Leone"

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Ferme, Mariane C. "Immaterial PracticesClues in a Modern Sierra Leonean Landscape." In The Underneath of ThingsViolence, History, and the Everyday in Sierra Leone. University of California Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520225428.003.0002.

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Dwyer, Maggie. "A Coup Hidden in a Mutiny." In Soldiers in Revolt. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190876074.003.0006.

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This chapter focuses on a revolt involving roughly fifty soldiers on April 29, 1992 in Sierra Leone. A brief history of the role of the military in Sierra Leone prior to the revolt will help contextualize the soldiers’ grievances. The chapter will then examine the internal dynamics of the unit drawing on interviews with soldiers involved in the revolt. Their complaints and suspicions about political leaders crystalized into a plan for a mutiny and ultimately resulted in a coup. This case study builds on the discussion of the differences between coups and mutinies.
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Sander, Barrie. "Introduction." In Doing Justice to History. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846871.003.0001.

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This chapter introduces the book’s consideration of how international criminal courts have confronted the past in different institutional contexts. The chapter provides a chapter-by-chapter overview of the book’s central themes and arguments. The book is concerned with the historical function of international criminal courts—their role in the construction of historical narratives concerning both the culpability of the accused on trial and the broader mass atrocity context in which they are alleged to have participated. This historical function raises a number of questions concerning the scope and content of the historical narratives constructed within international criminal judgments, the actors that exert influence over such processes, and the extent to which such histories are consistent and authoritative both within and beyond the courtroom. This book aims to address these questions by examining how the past has been confronted within three sets of international criminal courts: first, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East at Tokyo; second, the United Nations ad hoc tribunals, namely the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone; and finally, the International Criminal Court. By critically examining the scope and content of the histories constructed within the judgments of these courts and by surfacing the influence of different actors and contexts over the precise orientation of judicial narratives, this book seeks to develop a deeper understanding of the emancipatory potential and limits of international criminal courts across different institutional settings.
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