I did it to save my life [electronic resource] : love and survival in Sierra Leone / Catherine E. Bolten.
Material type: TextSeries: California series in public anthropology ; 24.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012Description: xxii, 268 p. : illISBN: 9780520953536 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): War and society -- Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives | Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Psychological aspects | Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 966.4044 LOC classification: DT516.826 | .B65 2012Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war -- Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital -- "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier -- "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel -- "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student -- The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader -- "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist -- "They really damaged me": the father -- "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician -- Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.
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