A new political history of the former British colony in West Africa, best known for its diamonds and recent violent civil war, this covers 225 years of history
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
The armed conflict in Sierra Leone and the extreme violence of the main rebel faction - the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) - have challenged scholars and memb