TY - BOOK AU - Bangura,Joseph J. TI - The Temne of Sierra Leone: African agency in the making of a British colony SN - 9781108195751 AV - DT516 .T466 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Temne (African people) KW - History KW - Political activity KW - Ethnic identity KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - An in-depth study examining the agency and influence of indigenous Temne-speakers in the making of the Sierra Leone Colony UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1623645&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -