Sierra Leone was founded, albeit under British control, with the highest hopes of being a refuge for liberated Africans and freed slaves. When the country recei
This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces th
Broad-ranging essays on the social, political, and cultural significance of more than a century's worth of newspaper publishing practices across the African con
Sierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular
Much of the research and study of the formation of Sierra Leone focuses almost exclusively on the role of the so-called Creoles, or descendants of ex-slaves fro