I did it to save my life
Subtitle: love and survival in Sierra Leone
By: Catherine E. Bolten
Series: California series in public anthropology -- 24; California series in public anthropology -- 24.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520273788; 9780520273795
Subjects: Social aspects; War and society; Personal narratives; History; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sierra Leonean emotions, Sierra Leonean war; title: Understanding Makeni and nested loyalties: marginality and collaboration in the northern capital; title: "I must be grateful to them for freeing me": the soldier; title: "They said nobody would hide from this war": the rebel; title: "I held a gun but I did not fire it": the student; title: The government brought death, the rebels allowed us to live": the trader; title: "It was the Lord who wanted me to stay": the evangelist; title: "They really damaged me": the father; title: "The RUF thought I was on their side": the politician; title: Epilogue and conclusions: Makeni, May 2010.