'There's no bad bush to throw away a bad child': 'Tradition'-inspired reintegration in post-war Sierra Leone

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-324

  Stovel, Laura ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; GOVERNMENT; PEACEKEEPING; STATE ROLE;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 43849092620     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003248     Document Type: Article

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