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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Knörr and W. Trajano Filho -- Introduction / Jacqueline Knörr and Wilson Trajano Filho -- Patrimonial Logic Of Centrifugal Forces In The Political History Of The Upper Guinea Coast / William P. Murphy -- Insurrection As Socioeconomic Change: Three Rebellions In Guinea/Sierra Leone In The Eighteenth Century / Bruce Mouser -- Kouankan And The Guinea-Liberian Border / James Fairhead -- A Saucy Town? Regional Histories Of Conflict, Collusion, And Commerce In The Making Of A Southeastern Liberian Polity / Elizabeth Tonkin -- ‘Traditional’ Jola Peacemaking: From The Perspective Of An Historian And An Anthropologist / Peter Mark and Jordi Tomàs -- The Creole Idea Of Nation And Its Predicaments: The Case Of Guinea-Bissau / Wilson Trajano Filho -- The Mutual Assimilation Of Elites: The Development Of Secret Societies In Twentieth Century Liberian Politics / Stephen Ellis -- Out Of Hiding? Strategies Of Empowering The Past In The Reconstruction Of Krio Identity / Jacqueline Knörr -- Map And Territory: The Politics Of Place And Autochthony Among Baga Sitem (And Their Neighbours) / Ramon Sarró -- The Invention Of Bulongic Identity (Guinea-Conakry) / David Berliner -- Victims And Heroes: Manding Historical Imagination In A Conflict-Ridden Border Region (Liberia-Guinea) / Christian K. Højbjerg -- Are ‘Child Soldiers’ In Sierra Leone A New Phenomenon? / Susan Shepler -- Generating Rebels And Soldiers: On The Socio-Economic Crisis Of Rural Youth In Sierra Leone Before The War / Krijn Peters -- Index / J. Knörr and W. Trajano Filho.