A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984
Subtitle: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: April 23, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781580460385
Subjects: African history: from c 1900 -; Civil rights & citizenship; Immigration & emigration; Social history; 20th century; West Africa - History; History - General History; History: World; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Africa - Central - Nigeria; African; Anthropology - Cultural; Literary Collections / African; Literature: History & Criticism; Africa - General; Ethnic Studies - General; (Lionel Randal),; 1886-1949; Creoles (Sierra Leone); History; Port Harcourt; Port Harcourt (Nigeria); Potts-Johnson, L. R.
Description: "A Saro Community in the Niger Delta, 1912-1984: The Potts-Johnsons of Port Harcourt and Their Heirs reviews the history of Sierra Leoneans in the Niger Delta from the time of their migration there in the early twentieth century.".

"By focusing on the Reverend L. R. Potts-Johnson, the unofficial leader of the Saro community, the work provides an inside view of the trends, thus enhancing the treatment of many important issues to be considered when researching African history, among them intra-African migration, status of and dominance by elites (both indigenous and immigrant), women's roles in social relationships, and preservation of family and cultural values under extreme socioeconomic stress."--BOOK JACKET.