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Lestander, Sofia. "Upprorsbekämpning i Sierra Leone : Counterinsurgency in Sierra Leone." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-1615.
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Peace operations are considered to be hard to solve but Sierra Leone is by many thought to be a success despite major problems during the operations. Solving this conflict involved several dif-ferent actors which all contributed to the creating of peace. The purpose of this essay is to examine whether similarities between the way the conflict in Sierra Leone was solved and the method that Galula presents led to the positive outcome. This will be done by a qualitative textual analysis to demonstrate presence and absence of those parts that Galula claim are crucial to counter an insur-gency. Similarities between the method used at the solving of the conflict in Sierra Leone and Galulas method for counterinsurgency can be found. The similarities are not sufficient enough to claim that it was thanks to similarities to Galulas methods that peace was restored in Sierra Leone.Fredsoperationer anses av många vara svåra att lösa men i Sierra Leone lyckades man trots att man stötte på stora problem under historiens gång. Vid lösandet av denna konflikt användes ett flertal olika aktörer som alla bidrog till skapandet av fred. Syftet med denna uppsats är att under-söka huruvida likheter mellan sättet man löste konflikten på och Galulas metod för upprorsbe-kämpning ledde till den positiva utgång man hade i fallet. Detta kommer att genomföras genom en kvalitativ textanalys för att påvisa förekomster och avsaknad av de delar som Galula menar är avgörande för att stävja ett uppror. Likheter mellan metoden som man använde sig av vid lösandet av konflikten i Sierra Leone och Galulas metod för upprorsbekämpning går att finna. Likheterna är inte tillräckligt stora för att kunna påstå att det beror på likheter med Galulas arbetssätt som man lyckades uppnå fred i landet.
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Mukonoweshuro, Eliphas G. "Colonialism, class formation, and underdevelopment in Sierra Leone /." Lanham (Md.) : University Press of America, 1993. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38902560r.
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Trittin, Antje, and Norman Weiß. "Das Sondergericht in Sierra Leone." Universität Potsdam, 2003. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4054/.
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Rodríguez-Noyola, Joanna. "School construction in Sierra Leone." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61212.
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Thesis (S.B. in Art and Design)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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After years of British rule and a decade of civil unrest, rural communities in Sierra Leone were left with the residues of a colonial mentality and the psychological, physical and economic ravages of war. As a result, people are trapped in a mindset that discards vernacular architecture as obsolete and unpractical, and that associates modernity with the "concrete and zinc" model. Thriving to overcome extreme poverty, these villages plan to develop stronger economies and encourage education by building permanent school structures. The aim of this thesis is not to just provide villages with an economical school design, but to inspire a new mentality towards architecture and a construction system that can adapt to a diverse range of situations and be applied in Sierra Leone and beyond. In order for them to propose a new architecture; I suggest they 5 look back to their roots. The only way to produce sustainable and practically cost-free buildings is by making the most of locally abundant and renewable resources, such as earth to their full potential, thus giving an effective and interesting twist to traditional architecture. The new system breaks up the school into subunits that serve as a "kit of parts" that may be arranged to suit any condition. Furthermore, these individual units must take into consideration function, daylighting, waterproofing, and ventilation. When an entire community comes together to create exciting and innovative architecture, a new window of opportunity will be opened and a better standard of living can be reached.
by Joanna Rodriguez-Noyola.
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Harris, David. "Sierra Leone: A Political History." Hurst, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17555.
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NoSierra Leone came to world attention in the 1990s when a catastrophic civil war linked to the diamond trade was reported globally. This fleeting and particular interest, however, obscured two crucial processes in this small West African state. On the one hand, while the civil war was momentous and brutal, affecting all Sierra Leoneans, it was also just one element in the long and faltering attempt to build a nation and state, given the country’s immensely problematic pre-colonial and British colonial legacies. On the other, the aftermath of the war precipitated a huge international effort to construct a ‘liberal peace’, with mixed results, and interrupted by the devastating Ebola pandemic. This made Sierra Leone a laboratory for both post-conflict and health crisis interventions. Sierra Leone examines over 230 years of its history and sixty years of independence, placing state–society relations at the centre of an original and revealing investigation of those who have tried to rule or change Sierra Leone and its inhabitants, and the responses engendered. It interweaves the historical narrative with sketches of politicians, anecdotes, the landscape and environment and key turning-points, alongside theoretical and other comparisons with the rest of Africa. It is a new contribution to the debate for those who already know Sierra Leone and a solid point of entry for those who wish to.
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Negash, Tesfamicael. "Accomplishments, shortcomings and challenges: evaluation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4727_1183988504.
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This thesis assessed the effectiveness of the Special Court in relation to the impact is has made in cultivating the rudiments of a human rights culture, dispensing justice, ending a culture of impunity, effecting unity and national reconciliation in post war Sierra Leone.
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Thompson, Bankole. "The constitutional history and law of Sierra Leone (1961-1995) /." Lanham (Md.) : University Press of America, 1997. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb389022691.
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Moiba, Joseph Gaima Lukulay. "Religion and peacemaking in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2016. http://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/699/.
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This thesis concerns religion as a peacemaking tool in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of people in Sierra Leone consider themselves to be Christians, Muslims and / or adherents of African Traditional Religion (ATR). This thesis examines the role of religious leaders and religious communities in the peacemaking process during and after the Sierra Leone Civil War from 1991 - 2002. In previous studies about violence and religion, the role of religion in the peacemaking process has often been neglected, particularly in studies about the African continent. This study aims to fill this gap. The research is based on theoretical approaches in the field of religion and violence and religion and peace, as well as a qualitative and an empirical study in Sierra Leone comprising participant observation, interviews and data collected from archives. The thesis develops the praxis of peace based on the Sierra Leone context. It argues that since independence from Britain in 1961, subsequent governments have woefully marginalised religion. The thesis demonstrates that Christian leaders, churches, and ecumenical organisations were resources that contributed to peacemaking in Sierra Leone. Christians and their leaders influenced by ATR also led and supported the works of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Sierra Leone (TRCSL) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Christians provided leadership for truth-telling and reconciliation, relief, advocacy for peace, and confidence-building as peacemakers in action. By combining a theoretical discussion of Girard, Juergensmeyer, Schmidt, Huntington, Bowie, Johnston and others with the qualitative and empirical case study of Sierra Leone, the research adds new dimensions to the general academic debate on religion and violence, as well as religion and peacemaking, with respect to the clash of civilisations, faith-based diplomacy and other theories on religion and violence, and religion and peacemaking, in Sierra Leone.
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Wallace, James P. "Stabilization lessons learned from Sierra Leone." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/39032.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.This thesis examines the near failure and ultimate success of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. This operation is an interesting case study as it followed failed attempts at regional peacekeeping, in many ways mirrored them, but ultimately ended the conflict. This was the last operation the UN started before the Brahimi report and was effectively a tipping point for UN operations in general. This research analyzes the strategy and actions of the UN force as the situation progressively deteriorated to near total failure and the changes made to both that led to the dramatic turnaround in a short period of time. The overall strategy of the UN mission, mandates and their interpretation, troop levels, and responses to threats are considered. The shift from a peacekeeping to peace enforcement strategy and the simultaneous shift in tactics to favor aggressive response to threats earned the credibility necessary to deter aggression. This underscores the need to tailor strategy and mandate to the specific conditions on the ground and to allow the force the flexibility to adapt quickly.
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Cole, Festus. "Sierra Leone and World War I." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/26223/.
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Warrener, Lyn. "The 'invisible' girls of Sierra Leone." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2014. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.742530.
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Over the past decade, child soldiers have inundated the media. Images of boys armed with AK-47s appear ever-present, providing a cautionary story of innocent childhood gone awry (Rosen, 2005). As these representations turn commonly held assumptions of a protected and innocent childhood on its head, what they conceal is as challenging as what they reveal. These media images tell us little about the children behind the guns or the complexity of their wartime and post-war experiences. I was concerned with girl soldiers in Sierra Leone as an unexplored group of ‘war affected’ citizens. I quickly discovered that this was a growing and global phenomenon, one that few analysts and policy makers were aware of. Little was understood of the issue of girl soldiers, not only where, why, and how the practice of using girls in war came about, but also what it means for girls and, most importantly, what to do about it. in the aftermath of conflict, there is often the expectation that people’s lives will improve. Girl soldiers’ post-conflict reality in Sierra Leone was somewhat different. In a rapid time span countless girls unlike boys’ were confronted with the reality of establishing new identities that depended not on the rebel forces, but on factors such as access to family and community support — factors that were lacking for girl soldiers at war’s end.
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Vandi, Sheku Wango. "Christianity and culture in Sierra Leone : with special reference to the conflict between evangelical Protestant churches and traditional practices." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683307.
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Rashid, Ismail O. D. "Patterns of rural protest : chiefs, slaves and peasants in northwestern Sierra Leone, 1896-1956." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0018/NQ44562.pdf.
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Enria, Luisa. ""An idle mind is the Devil's workshop"? : the politics of work amongst Freetown's youth." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ba12e38c-1fb8-4ccb-8222-5ed9326ae9e1.
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Youth unemployment has been presented as a security risk to countries emerging from civil war. These assessments often rely on the assumption of a direct relationship between labour market exclusion and political violence. This thesis challenges this assumption, not by denying that the connection exists, but by suggesting that we need a better understanding of how the two are related. Through qualitative research with young people engaged precariously on the margins of the informal economy in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, the thesis explores how labour market experiences influence different patterns of political mobilisation. It puts forward that violence is not inherent to unemployment, but that the impact of joblessness on mobilisation is mediated by social factors and the specific nature of the post-war political economy. For Freetown's youth, labour market exclusion has implications for social status, identities, norms and the nature of social relations. This in turn shapes their political subjectivities and claims on the state; it structures the opportunities and constraints to their collective action; and influences their trajectories towards political violence. These processes reflect a fraught articulation between tactics employed expediently to respond to structural circumstances and longer-term aspirations. Individual attempts to survive adverse economic and political terrains coexist with work-based political claims placed on the state and aspirations of social and political inclusion, even if the two are often at odds and the former undermine the latter.
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Mbawa, Henry. "Local governance and ethnicity in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579529.
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Recent local governance reforms in post-war Sierra Leone emphasise the need to extend the benefits of citizenship to rural inhabitants. Yet, these reforms have tended to focus on the establishment of local councils as the main means to enhance political participation and development, ignoring the salience of unequal relations between ethnic groups, the role of chieftaincy, and historically complex centre-local relations. This thesis focuses on the relationship between Sierra Leone's dual local government system and inter-ethnic relations, and the implications for centre-local relations. It examines the extent to which recent post-war local governance reforms address the type of colonial and post-colonial politics that had disenfranchised the vast majority of rural Sierra Leoneans. The thesis also examines whether top-down reorganisation of local democratic politics can provide sufficient autonomy for local institutions to influence the attainment of local citizenship. The thesis found that the attainment of rural citizenship has increasingly come to be defined by emerging contestations and negotiations between ethnic groups in both local councils and chieftaincy. These interactions and contestations have their roots in the colonial imagination, but have also been shaped by the turpitude of Sierra Leone's post-colonial politics characterised by ethno-political divisions and centralisation. The thesis concludes that the ability of local government institutions- particularly local councils-to influence inter-ethnic relations is severely undermined by the failure of post-war local governance reforms to deal with the legacy of Sierra Leone's complicated centre-local relations and incorporate chieftaincy, which enjoys some legitimacy and support among rural inhabitants due to its proximity and influence over rural socio-economic life. Consequently, devolution has created significant opportunities for an indirect central takeover of local politics and intensified local ethnic conflicts. This situation is made possible through a veiled triangle of centralisation characterised by limited fiscal resources, power, and centralised ethno-political mobilisation within the council system. In this context, chieftaincy has emerged as the main conduit through which these inter-ethnic relations are negotiated because of the relative autonomy it enjoys from central . political elites.
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Schwartz, Priscilla. "Sustainable development and mining in Sierra Leone." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2005. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1871.
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The conflicts between pursuing mining activities to foster economic development and protecting the environment in which such activities take place is a recurring dilemma for mineral reliant countries like Sierra Leone. The concept of sustainable development was designed on the international platform to ameliorate such dilemmas. The concept functions as an arbiter to reconcile biases between developmental goals and environmental objectives, by advocating an integration of one in the other. This study presents sustainable development as valuable recipe, by which mining ventures could be pursued as an economic imperative (to meet the needs of present and future generations), while protecting the environment and its components in the pursuit of such developments. The thesis begins with an introduction into mining in Sierra Leone. It illustrates the international breeding of sustainable development in environmental protection (as oppose to economic development), and emphasise the importance of sustainability principles for sound legal and policy guidance at the national level. It also establishes the applicability of the concept to mineral resourced evelopmentsg enerally. Mineral-specificla ws and other legal controls in Sierra Leone are then examined as a case study; their sustainability content is ascertained and their capacity as a legal regime to direct or achieve sustainable mining in that country is explored. Finally, aspects of implementation of sustainable development in Sierra Leone's mining and its domestic implications are examined. This study shows that despite the definitional questions, sustainable development has direct and primary relevance for environmental protection in the economic exploitation of natural resources. It identifies a legal character in the concept beyond legislative processes, and a flexibility in its principles that allows for their interpretation within legal rules to enhance environmental protection at the national level. It also illustrates the link between effective implementation and ensuring sustainable mining.
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Khadar, Ibrahim D. "L'économie vivrière rizicole en Sierra Léone." Montpellier 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986MON10038.
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En depit d'une diversite de produits vivriers agricoles en sierra leone, le riz reste de loin la principale culture vivriere ; une situation qui date de plusieurs siecles. L'insuffisance de la production nationale du riz conduit les pouvoirs publics a recourir a l'importation de cette denree depuis les annees cinquante. A partir de 1973, des projets de vulgarisation agricole, visant essentiellement les unites de production rizicole ont ete mis en oeuvre par le gouvernement sierra leonais grace aux credits et dons financiers, materiels et techniques obtenus aupres de certaines organisations internationales et de quelques pays etrangers. Deux strategies ont ete poursuivies, du point de vue technique : l'intensification du systeme de production a base de consommations intermediaires et celle a base de tracteurs. Sur le plan economique, les ressources productives ont ete distribuees aux riziculteurs par le biais de credits bonifies et de prix subventionnes. Quatre projets ont assure, au cours de la periode 1973-1982, la production d'environ 50 000 tonnes du paddy. Mais cette periode se caracterise egalement par un certain nombre d'echecs, dont figurent un taux tres eleve d'abandon de perimetres de bas fonds amenages et un faible niveau de remboursement des credits accordes par les projets. Le degre de reussite (ou d'echec) des projets a toutefois varie d'une region a l'autre ainsi que d'une strategie de production rizicole a l'autre. L'approche de systemes pluridisciplinaire axee sur l'analyse micro-economique nous a permis de reperer les contraintes a l'evolution de l'economie vivriere rizicole pendant la periode 1973-1982: le systeme de commercialisation du riz et des ressources productives ; la politique de vulgarisation agricole ainsi que les facteurs demographiques, macro-economiques, socio-culturels et agronomiquesDespite the availability of a variety of agricultural food products in sierra leone, rice remains by far the main food crop ; a situation which dates from many centuries ago. Insufficient domestic production has led the authorities to revert to rice importation since the 1950s. Since 1973 agricultural projects focusing mainly on rice farmers have been set up by the sierra leone government with the help of loans and financial, material and technical aid obtained from international organizations and foreign nations. Strategies adopted by these projects include intensive farming practices using intermediate goods and tractors services, which are provided to farmers on a credit basis at subsidized price and interest rates. During the period 1973-1982 four projects ensured the production of about 50. 000 tons of paddy. But a number of drawbacks have also been experienced including a high proportion of irrigated swamps being abandoned and a low loan repayment rate. The degree of success (or failure) of the projects has, however, varied from one region to the other and from one rice production technique to the other. The application of farming systems analysis at microeconomic level has revealed some of the constraints to the evolution of the rice economy between 1973-1982 : rice and input marketing systems, agricultural extension policies as well as demographic, macroeconomic, socio-cultural and agronomic factors
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Sow, Moustapha Baidy. "Le Tribunal spécial pour la Sierra Leone : entre droit et politique." Reims, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008REIMD002.
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Le Tribunal Spécial pour la Siena Leone fut créé le 16 janvier 2002 à Freetown, sur la base d'une initiative commune au gouvernement Sierra -léonais et à l'ONU. L'accord international conclu par les deux autorités, mettra sur pied un tribunal international « spécial », doté d'une formation judiciaire « mixte censée appliquer le droit international humanitaire et le droit sierra -léonais. Le Conseil de sécurité chargera ce nouveau TPI de poursuivre les responsables de crimes contre l'humanité, de crimes de guerre et des graves violations du droit international humanitaire,commis en Sierra Leone depuis 1996. L'institution du Tribunal spécial en Siena Leone a été décidée sur la base d'observations effectuées par l'ONU et portant sur le fonctionnement des TPI pour l'ex-Yougoslavie et le Rwanda. L'issue de ces constatations orientera les autorités politiques onusiennes vers l'avènement d'un Tribunal intemational délibérément soumis à des contraintes juridiques et financières. La configuration finale de cette juridiction répressive obéira à une nouvelle charte propre aux TPI ad hoc et résumée par la trilogie suivante : rapidité, économie et efficacité. Cette conception de la justice pénale internationale, soumise aux graves difficultés politiques et financières de l'ONU, entraînera des effets juridiques, judiciaires et sociaux, largement contestés. D'où une interrogation légitime sur l'avenir de ce nouveau modèle de juidiction internationale partagée entre des considérations d'ordre politique, financière et une mission initiale qui consiste à rendre justice aux victimes, inconditionnellementThe Special Court for Sierra Leone had been set up in Freetown on January 16 th, 2002, thanks to a common initiative of the Sierra Leonan Government and the United Nations. The international agreement signed by both authorities settled a "speciai" international court, constituted by an international and local staff entitled to implement local and international humanitarian law. The Security Council mandated this new International Court to bring to justice the perpetrators of crimes against humanity, war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law cormnitted in Sierra Leone since 1996. The establishment (institution) of the Special Court for Sierra Leone has been decided on the basis of remarks notified by the United Nations and made on the functioning of the international Criminal Courts for (former) Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The conclusion of the observations led the UN political authorities to envisage the creation of an International Court, clearly submitted to financial, legal and political constraints. The final outline of this repressive jurisdiction will obey to a new charter specific to ad hoc International Courts, summed up (within) in the following trilogy: "expeditiousness, cost efficiency and effectiveness". This conception of an international penal justice connected with UN political and financial issues, will induce inescapably major legal, judicial and social consequences, which are largely criticised. It is then legitimate to question the prospect of the model of this new international jurisdiction stuck between political constraints and its initial mandate which is to dispense unconditional justice to the victims
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Kandé, Sylvie. "Urbanisme et architecture "créoles" en Sierra Leone (18e-19e siècles)." Paris 7, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992PA070119.
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Skora, Patrick W. "Analysis of security sector reform in post-conflict Sierra Leone a comparison of current versus historical capabilities /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FSkora.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Middle East, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.Thesis Advisor(s): Lawson, Letitia. Second Reader: Mensch, Eugene M. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 23, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Sierra Leone, Post-Conflict, Security Sector Reform, SSR, RSLAF, SLP, Police, Sierra Leone military. Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-60). Also available in print.
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Sonsiama, Doris A. M. "A critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the special court for Sierra Leone on the use of child soldiers." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18649.
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The use of child soldiers in armed conflicts has been common the world over for a long time now. However, over the last few decades, this practice has become widespread in Africa where armed groups recruit children as part of their war strategy and to help sustain their campaigns. This practice has left thousands of children physically and psychologically bruised with many still suffering from post war effects long after the end of such conflicts. Many negative effects still haunt many of the children who were recruited into the ranks of the government and rebel forces during the decade civil war in Sierra Leone. The civil war in Sierra Leone has been considered to be one of the most gruesome in the history of conflicts in Africa not only because of its high level of brutality but also in the manner in which children were forced into combat and abused both physically and psychologically. It is estimated that between 7000 - 10 000 children below the age of 15 years, some as young as seven were recruited into armed forces or groups during the war.Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Iro, Andrea. "The UN Peacebuilding Commission : lessons from Sierra Leone." Potsdam Univ.-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/994073453/04.
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Makannah, Toma John. "Development aspects of internal migration in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35508.
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This study attempts to elucidate aspects of the complex relationship between internal migration and development in Sierra Leone, a country marked by pronounced dualism. It argues that internal migration and its developmental facets such as remittances should be examined within their socio-economic and ecological context. The major findings can be summarised as follows: 1. Interregional migration was shown to be positively and significantly correlated with a composite index encompassing social and economic dimensions of development. 2. Since the trends in migration and development in the two sets of regions delineated positive net migration/more developed and negative net migration/less developed - have been in force for at least two decades and show no signs of narrowing regional inequality, suggest disequilibrium rather than equilibrium tendencies. This feature of the migration process was confirmed by analysis performed at the local level, which explicitly took into account, socio-economic and ecological factors along with the effects of government policies on rural outmigration. 3. A study of the determinants of interregional migration for a whole system, Sierra Leone, and its component economic sub-systems underline the importance of taking into consideration development dimensions in such analyses, 4. Finally, on the role of remittances in development, the study established that - a. Overall, that there was a net transfer of resources from the urban to the rural areas; b. In-remittances were found to be important to poorer rural households; c. Remittances received were used mainly for consumption purposes; and d. For the decision to send remittances, the common, significant variables for rural and urban households were those showing ties with origin areas; while for the decision on the size of remittances, they were the income of the head of the household and whether an unskilled manual worker or not.
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Hartley, Dawn. "Forest resource use & subsistence in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246808.
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Blanshard, Alex Festus Jonathan. "Quality of processed cassava foods in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385957.
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Clonts, Kelly A. "Methods to improve school design in Sierra Leone." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65735.
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Thesis (S.B. in Art and Design)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 2011.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Most schools in Sierra Leone are constructed using a standard design with little variation from building to building. They are relatively high-cost and have poor ventilation, lighting and thermal comfort. In January 2010, thirteen primary schools in Sierra Leone were analyzed in order to identify design changes that will improve performance and reduce costs. One struggle that this analysis revealed is that construction methods have not changed for decades, as local builders resist changes in the current design. This thesis aims to explain small-scale alterations for primary school buildings in Sierra Leone and list the impact on daylighting and thermal comfort performance for each alteration. For each design alteration, the daylight performance, air flow, and thermal comfort of the new design are compared to the standard design. The overall goal of this thesis is to create guidelines that can be used to reduce the risk of design changes and improve the performance of schools without raising costs.
by Kelly A. Clonts.
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Kenney, Emily. "Women ex-combatants and peacebuilding in Sierra Leone." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3724.
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Badjo, Fati. "Sierra Leone: Analysis of the National Action Plan." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1314044748.
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Anthony, Edward. "Etude geomorphologique du littoral de la sierra leone." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988STR10012.
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Cette these est consacree a une analyse geomorphologique du littoral de la sierra leone, en afrique de l'ouest. Son but principal est de caracteriser le contexte morphodynamique dans lequel evoluent les unites geomorphologiques. Ces unites sont une serie d'epandages sablo-argileux qui affleurent en bas plateaux, des cordons littoraux, des vasieres a mangroves et de grands complexes estuariens. La these examine les processus de progradation littorale et propose des modeles de sedimentation quaternaire littorale et marines. Les resultats proposes dans la these sont egalement destines a servir de base pour des amenagements futursThis thesis is devoted to the coastal geomorphology of sierra leone in west africa. Its primary aim is a comprehensive analysis of the morphodynamic framework within which holocene coastal geomorphic units operate. It provides a data base for the protection and rational management of coastal resources. The main geomorphic units are a low coastal terrace of early holocene age emplaced by sheetwash processes on a poorly vegetated surface, prograded beach ridges and mangrove-colonized wetlands that are partly chenier plains. The thesis examines the morphodynamics of coastal progradation and proposes models of quaternary sedimentation and shoreface translation during the holocene
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Anthony, Edward. "Etude géomorphologique du littoral de la Sierra Leone." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb376113208.
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Crooks, Julie. "Alphonso Lisk-Carew : early photography in Sierra Leone." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2014. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/18564/.
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This dissertation examines the practice of Sierra Leonean photographer Alphonso Lisk-Carew (1883-1969). Through an exploration of his photography, it engages the key issues relating to Lisk-Carew's biography, his contribution to Sierra Leonean photography and his photographic practice within a complex multiracial society. In the 1980s, Vera Viditz-Ward's pioneering scholarship introduced the established, yet little-known, histories of photographic practices in Sierra Leone. Her early research on Alphonso Lisk-Carew engendered a new approach to the study of Sierra Leonean photographers. Here, I build on Viditz-Ward's groundbreaking work by investigating a range of photographs and postcards that highlight his photographic ideas and practices in Sierra Leone, and by introducing oral testimonies from some of his descendents and friends as well as local citizens. Moreover, I utilize an extensive body of primary materials found in local newspapers such as the Sierra Leone Weekly News to contextualize and shed new light on the social, political and economic contexts under which Lisk-Carew built his commercial enterprise. I also consider Lisk-Carew's gendered position, and following on from his body of work, examine his legacy in a 1970 retrospective exhibition. Subsequent to the aftermath of a protracted civil war in Sierra Leone (1991- 2002), both individual and institutional archives were decimated and made vulnerable. In light of this, I consider the reconstituting of photographic archives and address the ways in which the surviving institutional archives in Freetown can be reclaimed, preserved and maintained.
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Ginifer, Jeremy, and K. Oliver. "Evaluation of the Conflict Prevention Pools: Sierra Leone." Department for International Development, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3934.
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yesP5. The evaluation was undertaken by Bradford University, Channel Research Ltd, the PARC & Associated Consultants. The ACPP Sierra Leone Case study was carried out by Dr Jeremy Ginifer with Ms Kaye Oliver. Work was conducted in three phases. The first was London-based, and involved situating Sierra Leone ACPP activities in the context of UK approaches to conflict prevention and the overall policy framework of the ACPP. The second phase involved field work in Sierra Leone, whilst the third phase involved consultations in London with key government stakeholders. P7. The Sierra Leone Case Study is one of six studies undertaken within the framework of the evaluation of the CPPs. In accordance with the Terms of Reference (ToRs) and the Inception Report, the Evaluation placed maximum emphasis on the macro level: the policy processes in Whitehall by which decisions on allocations are made and implemented by the CPPs. Considerable attention has also been placed on the meso level: the degree to which CPP policies and activities in a given conflict form part of a coherent package of direct interventions by the international community and local actors to the problems of particular large scale deadly conflicts or potential conflicts. The micro-level of analysis (review of specific projects) confines itself largely to the way in which projects impact on the meso and macro levels. The Evaluation has not analysed systematically whether specific projects funded by the CPPs have been well managed and whether they have achieved their specific project goals. Single projects have been analysed to the extent that they reflect on the macro and meso levels. P8. The main findings of the evaluation, reflected in this Synthesis Report, are that the CPPs are doing significant work funding worthwhile activities that make positive contributions to effective conflict prevention, although it is far too early in the day to assess impact. The progress achieved through the CPP mechanisms is significant enough to justify their continuation.
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Jones, Lindsay. "[The] marginalization of girl soldiers in Sierra Leone’s Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program : an analysis based on structuration theory." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=109914.
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Note:An estimated 48,000 child soldiers were involved in the violent civil war in Sierra Leone between 1991 and 2002. It is suggested that approximately 12,000 were girls. Lacking material possessions and facing other negative structural factors, the majority was in need of some form of assistance post-conflict. Although international aid response was substantial, only 500 girls entered the countrywide Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program. The remainder followed a variety of different courses. Giddens' structuration theory offers a useful theoretical framework to explore the reasons for their absence in the program, as it permits a focus on the role of structure and agencyin understanding behaviour. Social stigmatization and a gender-biased DDR program, within a broader structure of gender inequality, are identified as the principal problems .
On estime que 48,000 enfants soldats ont été impliques dans la violente guerre civile en Sierra Leone entre 1991 et 2002.11 est suggéré que prés de 12,000 d'entre eux étaient des filles. Avec des lacunes importantes au niveau matériel et faisant face a d'autres problèmes d'ordre structurel, la majorité de ces filles ont eu besoin d'une certaine forme d'assistance post-conflit. Bien que l'aide internationale ait été importante, seulement 500 filles ont été inscrites au programme national de Désarmement, démobilisation et réinsertion (DDR). Les autres filles ont suivies différents parcours. La théorie de structuration de Giddens offre un cadre théorique utile pour étudier les raisons de leur absence dans le programme car il permet de focaliser sur le rôle de la structure et de I' agence dans la compréhension du comportement. La stigmatisation sociale et une inégalité de genre au sein du programme de DDR, situe dans une structure plus généralisée d'inégalité de genre, sont identifiées comme étant les problèmes principaux .
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Cham, Lansana Juldeh. "Household intervention and residential satisfaction in low-income housing in Kissy, Freetown." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1992. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1349808/.
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My involvement with low-income housing development in Freetown particularly in the Kissy area between 1983 and 1988 sparked my interest in the evolving problem of housing deterioration in most parts of the city. The dominant theme of almost universal relevance, i.e. housing improvement, had impressed itself upon me as a result. I therefore felt that a comprehensive study of the problem need to be carried out. If one permits his hopes to condition his speculations, one may conclude that housing improvement among low-income households will improve the quality of life for the majority of the inhabitants of the city who are in the low-income groups. It is this fundamental aspiration that propelled me to undertake this study with the hope that improvements made by low-income households themselves will be a potent factor in housing improvement that eventually leads to a greater satisfaction. If this study succeeds in casting a stronger light on the importance of housing improvement by low-income households, and if it also inspires greater attention to this problem in government policies and in aid programmes, it will have more than served its purpose. The present study therefore, focuses on issues related to household intervention in low-income housing in Kissy and its relationship with residential satisfaction, and the residents attitudes and perceptions of their housing and how these may influence their values as regards their intervention in their housing in an attempt to improve its quality. The central question the research seeks to answer is: "is there any relationship between intervention of households and the satisfaction they derive from their housing? If so, which factors are involved?". The study also distinguishes between three types of household intervention: active, passive and balanced household intervention. The factors we believe may influence household intervention are: available resources, housing management control, residential attachment, previous housing experience, preferred housing, and their demographic characteristics i.e. household density, household size, household income; age, education and occupation of the head of household, and their residential status. To achieve these objectives hypotheses were derived based on the above factors. Statistical analysis which include Pearsonian correlations, Chi-square tests and analysis of variance were performed on data gathered in a survey conducted in Kissy between November 1990 and March 1991. The results indicate that residential satisfaction was positively associated with household intervention. This was more so for owner occupiers than renter. The former also carried out more interventions in their housing than the latter. Residential attachment, housing management control, household size, and household income were the factors found to be significantly associated with household intervention. It is hoped that findings based on the assumptions and limitations of the study will be satisfactory for use in Public policy making, programme planning and implementation, and will also provide useful information to those involved in the design and improvement of housing for low-income families in Kissy.
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Bockwoldt, Thorben. "Alte und neue Kriege in Afrika ein Vergleich am Beispiel der Bürgerkriege in Äthiopien/Eritrea und Sierra Leone." Marburg Tectum-Verl, 2006. http://d-nb.info/986831069/04.
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Samgba, Aiah Erastus. "L'enseignant, l'apprenant et la société : Analyse de problèmes relationnels en milieu scolaire dans le cadre de l'enseignement du français en Sierra Leone." Montpellier 3, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002MON30018.
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Mansaray, Peter Sorie. "Combating corruption in Sierra Leone a review and an assessment of strategies undertaken by past governments to curb corruption in Sierra Leone." Saarbrücken VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2003. http://d-nb.info/99573416X/04.
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Van, Schalkwyk Denver Christopher. "Vervalle state, hulpbronoorloë en vredemaking : die gevalle Sierra Leone." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53776.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the issue of collapsed states with reference to William Reno's (2001) theory. Since the end of the Cold War we find in many places that the state itself has collapsed. According to this thesis state collapse refers to a situation where the structure, authority, laws and political order have fallen apart. The phenomenon of collapsed states is historic and worldwide, but nowhere are there more examples than in contemporary Africa. Sierra Leone is an example of a collapsed state in Africa. The state in Sierra Leone was after the commencement of the conflict in 1991 not capable of performing the duties which are required of a state when a state wants to be called a state. Governments in collapsed states lack the capacity to make binding, effective decisions. As a basic institution, the state loses its sovereignty as the most central institution in the society. Resource wars are nowadays a characteristic of collapsed states like Sierra Leone. Resources are used by key figures in the resource wars to enrich themselves. They also exploit the resources to finance their actions and propaganda. Diamonds was the resource which was exploited commercially by the 'government' and Foday Sankoh, a rebel/insurgent, as well as Charles Taylor, a warlord. The resource war was one of the reasons why the state in Sierra Leone collapsed further. It had lead to the total collapse of the state in Sierra Leone. With the commencement of the conflict in Sierra Leone, the issue of peacemaking came to the fore in Sierra Leone. The conflict in Sierra Leone was an intrastate conflict. The primary goal of the United Nations (UN) is to maintain international security and peace. Intrastate conflicts do not form part of the UN's traditional mandate regarding peacemaking. The UN thus had no basic framework of how to get involved in the intrastate conflict in Sierra Leone. The UN only became involved in 1999 in the form of UNAMSIL. Before the intervention of the UN, the 'government' of Sierra Leone turned to Private Military Companies (PMC's) in the form of Executive Outcomes and Sandline International. The problem with the intervention of PMC's in a conflict is that they are not sanctioned by international organisations like the UN. As a regional initiative, ECOWAS in the form of ECOMOG, also became involved in Sierra Leone. The intervention of both ECOMOG and PMC's in Sierra Leone failed to produce peace or the restoration of the state. Only the UN achieved peacemaking and the holding of an election. The conclusion of this thesis is that Sierra Leone fits in the theory of Reno (2001 ) re collapsed states. Sierra Leone is a typical example of a collapsed state and it also illustrates the validity of the concept. This however does not mean that Sierra Leone will be a collapsed state forever. There is the possibility that Sierra Leone can make a transition from a collapsed state to a stronger state to a more stable and functional state. It need, however, be noted that all conclusions in this thesis are of a preliminary nature. The conclusions will therefore be subject to further confirmation by later studies.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis verken die kwessie van vervalle state met verwysing na William Reno (2001) se teorie. Sedert veral die einde van die Koue Oorlog vind ons die tendens dat verskeie state verval het. In hierdie tesis verwys die konsep van 'n vervalle staat na 'n situasie waar die struktuur, gesag, politieke orde en wette uitmekaar geval het. Die verskynsel van vervalle state is histories en kom wêreldwyd voor. Kontemporêre Afrika verskaf egter die meeste voorbeelde van vervalle state. Sierra Leone is 'n voorbeeld van so 'n vervalle staat. Na die aanvang van die konflik in 1991 was die staat in Sierra Leone nie meer daartoe instaat om die funksies te verrig wat van 'n staat vereis word indien so 'n staat as 'n staat geag wil word nie. Die 'regering' in 'n vervalle staat beskik nie meer oor die kapasiteit om bindende, effektiewe besluite te neem nie. Die staat, as 'n basiese instelling, verloor sy soewereiniteit as die sentrale instelling in die samelewing. Die verval van 'n staat word toenemend met die uitbreek van 'n konflik- in hierdie geval 'n- hulpbronoorlog gekenmerk. Hulpbronne word deur die sleutelfigure, wat betrokke is in die hulpbronoorlog in die vervalle staat, gebruik om hulself te verryk. Hierdie hulpbronne word ook gebruik om die sleutelfigure se aksies en propaganda te finansier. Diamante is as hulpbron in Sierra Leone deur die 'regering' en Foday Sankoh, 'n rebellinsurgent, asook Charles Taylor, 'n oorlogsbaron, kommersieël uitgebuit. Die burgeroorlog met sy talle fasette, het tot die totale verval van die staat aanleiding gegee. Die kwessie van vredemaak het met die uitbreek van die konflik in Sierra Leone na vore getree. Die konflik in Sierra Leone was 'n intrastaatkonflik. Die primêre doel van die Verenigde Nasies (VN) is om internasionale vrede en sekuriteit te handhaaf. Intrastaatkonflikte as sulks maak nie deel uit van die tradisionele opdrag van die VN betreffende vredemaak nie. Die VN het gevolglik nie oor 'n basiese raamwerk beskik van hoe om by die intrastaatkonflik in Sierra Leone betrokke te raak nie. Die VN het eers in 1999 in die vorm van UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone betrokke geraak. Voor die intervensie van die VN het die 'regering' van Sierra Leone hom tot Private Militêre Bystand (PMB) in die vorm van 'Executive Outcomes' en 'Sandline International' gewend. Die problematiek insake PMB is dat dit nie deur internasioale organisasies soos die VN gesanksioneer word nie. As 'n regionale inisiatief het ECOWAS ook in die vorm van ECOMOG by die intrastaatkonflik in Sierra Leone betrokke geraak. In hierdie tesis sal daar gemeld word dat beide ECOMOG en PMB, met die uitsondering van die VN, se pogings vir vredemaak in Sierra Leone gefaal het. Die slotsom waartoe hierdie tesis kom is dat Sierra Leone inpas by Reno (2001) se teorie insake die verskynsel van vervalle state. Sierra Leone is 'n tipiese voorbeeld van 'n vervalle staat en dit illustreer die geldigheid van die konsep. Dit beteken egter nie dat Sierra Leone permanent 'n vervalle staat hoef te wees nie. Die moontlikheid bestaan wel dat Sierra Leone die oorgang vanaf 'n vervalle staat na 'n stabieler, meer funksionele staat kan maak. Dit dien egter gemeld te word dat alle afleidings in hierdie tesis as voorlopig van aard beskou kan word. Hierdie afleidings is onderhewig aan verdere bevestiging of weerlegging deur latere studies.
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Bockarie, Moses John. "Vector ecology and Malaria transmission in southern Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316663.
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Gberie, Lansana. "War and state collapse, the case of Sierra Leone." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq24378.pdf.
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Roberson, Walter G. "British military intervention into Sierra Leone a case study /." Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA475595.
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Karim, A. B. "Alley cropping studies in the uplands of Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233480.
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Downing, Andrea. "Contested freedoms : British images of Sierra Leone, 1780-1850." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.367138.
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The colony of Sierra Leone, between 1780 and 1850, was a unique practical expression of British antislavery culture and ideology. This thesis reflects on how leading abolitionists imagined this part of West Africa and what they intended to achieve there. The approach is multi-disciplinary and draws on recent theoretical developments to investigate the creation and maintenance of hegemonic images of Sierra Leone and its inhabitants during the colony's early years. The thesis points to Manichean differences of interpretation which underlay images of Sierra Leone's native inhabitants, its black settler and liberated African populations and the abolitionists who supported them. It also reflects widely on images of Africa's physical environment. Throughout, the emphasis is on the struggles for representational dominance which took place not only between antislavery supporters and their opponents but within antislavery culture itself. Much of that struggle centred around early utopian images of the colony. Sierra Leone was a child of modernity at arguably its most optimistic and eloquent phase. It was seen as a place where enlightenment ideologies regarding rights and progress could be practically enacted. The utopian discourse persisted in spite of the colony's apparent commercial failure. However, images of the colony's black inhabitants became increasingly negative. This thesis suggests that humanitarians (in seeking to explain the difficulties they encountered in Sierra Leone) frequently appropriated the hostile images of blacks which had been promoted by their pros lavery opponents. Part Three of this study comprises an examination of travel writing about Sierra Leone. This section builds on recent theoretical advances in our understanding of the importance of travel writing as a cultural signifier. It insists that travel writing (as a promoter of images) is more than just a record of individual journeys and lightweight observations. In particular the thesis examines the role of travellers in perpetuating racist myths about 'other' cultures despite the use of narrative techniques which assert the travellers' vulnerability and innocence. The thesis also reveals how travellers studied and reported land and people within an imperial discursive frame that ultimately sought to appropriate and exploit them.
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Korneh, Patrick Ansumana. "Integrated rural development : a case study from Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260998.
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Banya, Momoh Michael. "The political economy of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.446615.
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Twort, Lauren. "Peace and recovery : witnessing lived experience in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2015. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/Peace-and-recovery(a8b5d351-0d32-495d-931d-36c5a1551647).html.
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A critical re-examination of the liberal peace is conducted to explore the ways in which certain ideas around peace have come to dominate and to be regarded as “common sense”. The foundation of my critique comes in the personalisation of peacebuilding through the stories of people who are the intended beneficiaries of its actions. This thesis seeks to open up and challenge the current measures of success and the location of power by introducing voices and experiences of Mende people located in the Southern and Eastern provinces of Sierra Leone. I have attempted to open up a reflexive space where simple questions can be re-examined and the location of recovery can be seen as a space influenced, shaped and performed in the context of diverse influences. I draw on my personal experience living in Bo, Sierra Leone for two months in 2014 and local level actors' subjective reflections on individual and communal notions of recovery, post-conflict. My findings are reflected in “building blocks” that uncover a partial story of personal perspectives on recovery. The story suggests a de-centred and complex “local” within the existing context and realigns the understanding of subject and agency within peacebuilding. This collection of experiences, stories and encounters reshapes the notion of peace as an everyday activity with the aim of improving well-being on a personal level. It is also a part of the peacebuilding process that exists outside of the traditional organisational lens. My main contribution has been in allowing alternative space(s) of peacebuilding and peace-shaping to have a platform that is not restricted by the confined epistemic “expert” community toward an understanding of “progress” as an experiential and subjective process of recovery. This approach sought to challenge the current site of legitimacy, power and knowledge, and in order to achieve this aim I drew on a new methodological toolkit and the absorption of key concepts from other disciplines such as managerialism and the sociological concept of the “stranger”. My research offers an opportunity to observe and utilise information sourced from the creativity and spontaneity of the everyday lived experiences of Sierra Leoneans and ordinary phenomena connected with this.
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Torlesse, Harriet. "Parasitic infection and anaemia during pregnancy in Sierra Leone." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1999. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/7014/.
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The role of intestinal nematode infections in the aetiology of iron deficiency and anaemia in pregnant women was investigated in peri-urban and rural areas of Western Sierra Leone. A randomised placebo-controlled field trial was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of a single course of albendazole (400 mg) and daily iron-folate supplements (36 g iron and 5 mg folate), administered after the first trimester, as control interventions for intestinal nematode infections and anaemia during pregnancy. At baseline, in the first trimester of pregnancy, the prevalence (and geometric mean intensity) of intestinal nematodes was as follows: Ascaris lumbricoides 21.1% (267 eggs per gram); Necator americanus 66.5% (191 epg); and Trichuris trichiura 71.9% (93 epg). Chronic undernutrition (height < 150 cm) and chronic energy deficiency (body mass index < 18.5 kg/m2) was found in 5.4% and 8.2% of women respectively. Anaemia (Hb < 110 g/l) was diagnosed in 58.7% of women and associated with iron deficiency (serum ferritin < 20 μg/l) in 21.2% of women. Iron deficiency is likely to have a dietary basis in these women. The dietary iron intake was predominantly non-haem, and was estimated to supply less than 1 g of absorbable iron daily. High fertility and closely spaced pregnancies placed additional stress on iron stores. The findings of this study indicate that anthelminthic treatment should be included in strategies to control maternal anaemia in Western Sierra Leone. It is recommended that pregnant women routinely receive a single course of anthelminthics after the first trimester, alongside daily iron-folate supplements, to minimise the decline in maternal Hb concentration during pregnancy. These interventions could be implemented through the existing primary health care system, although the use of traditional birth attendants should be investigated as a means of improving compliance and coverage. The implications of these findings for public health policy in other antenatal populations will depend on the local epidemiology of intestinal nematode infections and on the extent of underlying maternal iron deficiency and anaemia.
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Leboeuf, Aline. "La réforme du secteur de sécurité en Sierra Leone." Paris 1, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA01A253.
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Le Royaume-Uni conduit depuis 1997 une réforme des organisations sierra-léonaises faisant partie du «secteur de sécurité» : police, armée, justice, services de renseignement. Cette "réforme du secteur de sécurité" (SSR) n'aurait pas été possible sans la création d'un nouveau ministère à Londres, chargé du développement, le DFID, qui a produit le label SSR dans le cadre d'une lutte bureaucratique interministérielle pour le contrôle du territoire de la coopération militaire. Le Royaume-Uni s'est saisi de la Sierra Léone comme d'un nouveau laboratoire pour tester la SSR. Ce faisant, on observe un phénomène de « circulation bureaucratique », des organisations britanniques projetées en Sierra Léone transforment ou créent de nouvelles organisations sierra-léonaises, qui sont différenciées organisationnellement et adoptent des pratiques propres aux bureaucraties. Alors que certains auteurs sur le politique en Afrique invitent à regarder derrière la « façade» étatique, cette thèse souligne que la « façade» bureaucratique ainsi renforcée par les Britanniques compte, et mérite qu'on s'y arrête et l'étudie. Ainsi, cette façade a des effets de réalité: plus grande capacité de dissuasion des forces de sécurité; créolisations, avec des pratiques hétérodoxes au regard du projet de réforme britannique; renforcement du légal-rationnel au détriment du patrimonial; et plus grande autonomie du secteur de la sécurité vis-à-vis du politique. Pourtant, la difficulté croissante de la police à gérer les violences politiques à partir de 2009 montre que le retrait progressif des Britanniques réduit la portée du « contrôle expatrié objectif» mis en place pendant la réforme.
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Kamara, S. (Samppa). "State policy framework and entrepreneurial outcome in Sierra Leone." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2019. http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/nbnfioulu-201906052383.
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Abstract. The outcome of youth entrepreneurship in developing economies is impacted by something much more acute than the lack of entrepreneurial competence and finance: The legitimacy of the state policy framework and its compatibility with the entrepreneur’s expectations. This study investigates youth entrepreneur’s legitimacy judgments about the current state policy framework in Sierra Leone.
The purpose of this study is to understand the legitimacy of the state policy framework and its implication on youth entrepreneurship through an empirical study; and to propose an adapted framework of the linkage between state policy, legitimacy, and entrepreneurial outcome.
The study adopts a qualitative approach in evaluating the congruence between the state policy and entrepreneurial outlook in Sierra Leone. Data were obtained through extensive interviews with participants from three groups: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and its Commission, Sierra Leone Opportunity for Business Operation, and devoted youth entrepreneurs. The data were coded manually and analyzed using the Gioia method to complement a comprehensive literature review of entrepreneurship and legitimacy.
The findings of this study show that youth entrepreneurs perceived the current state policy as non-legitimate, due to lack of awareness about the functions of various policy organizations, political commitments to specific communities, and limited access to existing entrepreneurial resources. However, it also provides suggestions on how to ensure that policy actions and activities are legitimate and compatible with the entrepreneur’s expectations. The country already has a suitable policy framework designed to support the actions and activities of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and its Commission that must be compatible with the entrepreneur’s expectations. There are also extensive entrepreneurial resources that must be easily attainable and accessible to all youth entrepreneurs. Sierra Leone also needs a policy that affects the entrepreneur’s attitude towards policymakers to reduce the stigma of apprehensive youth attitude.
The result of this study provides a suitable angle to evaluate entrepreneurship and identify other factors that strengthen the effectiveness of entrepreneurship research in developing economies.
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Francis, David J. "The Politics of Economic Regionalism: Sierra Leone in ECOWAS." Ashgate, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/3064.
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NoThe primary objective of this book is to provide an analytical understanding of the nature, dynamics and complexity of the politics of economic regionalism through the prism of Sierra Leone in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The book also discusses the following issues: the evolution of economic regionalism in West Africa and the conceptual framework for analysis; the expansion of the economic regionalism; developments within the West Africa sub-region with that of the transformation of the global economy and international political system; political, economic and security developments within ECOWAS; and the civil war in Sierra Leone.