Fulbe presence in Sierra Leone
Subtitle: a case history of twentieth-century migration and settlement among the Kissi of Koindu
By: M. Alpha Bah.
Series: American university studies.; v. 140
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Fula (African people) -- Sierra Leone -- Koindu (Eastern Province) -- History; Kissi (African people) -- Sierra Leone -- Koindu (Eastern Province) -- History; Koindu (Eastern Province, Sierra Leone) -- History
Description: Fulbe Presence in Sierra Leone, documents the richness and diversity of African history. This study not only documents the cost of artificially drawn borders in human terms, but it also provides a case study in the discrimination of a people by other groups or the government, for one reason or another. The author takes his readers through the complex processes leading to the defining of the borders of Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.

The role of the Fulbe in the establishment of Koindu as a modern market town is fascinating. Fulbe traders also contributed to the improvement of the social life and the conversion of Kissis to Islam. Despite the role of the Fulbe in Koindu they are still considered "strangers" in Sierra Leone.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.