The powerful presence of the past : : integration and conflict along the upper Guinea Coast / / edited by Jacqueline Knörr and Wilson Trajano Filho.

• Superior document: African social studies series, v. 24
• TeilnehmendeR: Knörr, Jacqueline, 1960-; Trajano Filho, Wilson.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: African social studies series ; v. 24.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (390 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Patrimonial Logic Of Centrifugal Forces In The Political History Of The Upper Guinea Coast /; Insurrection As Socioeconomic Change: Three Rebellions In Guinea/Sierra Leone In The Eighteenth Century /; Kouankan And The Guinea-Liberian Border /; A Saucy Town? Regional Histories Of Conflict, Collusion, And Commerce In The Making Of A Southeastern Liberian Polity /; ‘Traditional’ Jola Peacemaking: From The Perspective Of An Historian And An Anthropologist /; The Creole Idea Of Nation And Its Predicaments: The Case Of Guinea-Bissau /; The Mutual Assimilation Of Elites: The Development Of Secret Societies In Twentieth Century Liberian Politics /; Out Of Hiding? Strategies Of Empowering The Past In The Reconstruction Of Krio Identity /; Map And Territory: The Politics Of Place And Autochthony Among Baga Sitem (And Their Neighbours) /; The Invention Of Bulongic Identity (Guinea-Conakry) /; Victims And Heroes: Manding Historical Imagination In A Conflict-Ridden Border Region (Liberia-Guinea) /; Are ‘Child Soldiers’ In Sierra Leone A New Phenomenon? /; Generating Rebels And Soldiers: On The Socio-Economic Crisis Of Rural Youth In Sierra Leone Before The War /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283121166; 9786613121165; 9004191402
• ISSN: 1568-1203
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Jacqueline Knörr and Wilson Trajano Filho.

This book conceptualizes integration and conflict as interrelated dimensions of social interaction, social relationships and alliances, identifications and identity constructions within society at large. In order to reach an in-depth understanding of integrative and violent forms of interaction in the region of the Upper Guinea Coast, authors take into account the impact and repercussions of specific historical experiences as well as the continuities and changes of social patterns affected by the interaction of local and globalized values, institutions, and models of social organization. Rather than providing an(other) analysis of wars and violence as such, contributors aim at a better understanding of the social mechanisms that affect both the processes of integration and conflict at the local, national and regional levels.