Bangura, Joseph J., <br/><br/>
The Temne of Sierra Leone :  African agency in the making of a British colony / 
 African agency in the making of a British colony 
Joseph J. Bangura. 
 - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Historical epistemology --  Introduction: Rethinking history and Freetown historiography --  Frontiers of identity: the Creoles and the politics of belonging --  Beyond the colonial Sphinx: African agency in the making of the colony --  Realpolitik and boundaries of power: the Temne in local administration --  Intergroup relations and genealogies of conflict: the Temne and Freetonian dichotomy --  Ethnocentrism and new frames of popular culture --  Temne cultural associations and popular representations --  Islamic triumphalism in a Christian colony: Temne agency in the spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam --  From the margins to the center: the role of Temne market women traders --  Conclusion: Nexus of microhistory: new perspective on the colony's historical landscape. 
<br/><br/> An in-depth study examining the agency and influence of indigenous Temne-speakers in the making of the Sierra Leone Colony. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781108195751 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Temne (African people)--History.<br/>Temne (African people)--Political activity.<br/>Temne (African people)--Ethnic identity.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT516  / .T466 2017