Confronting the past?: Negotiating a heritage of conflict in Sierra Leone

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 233-247

  Basu, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Sierra Leone; Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL HERITAGE; MATERIAL CULTURE; MONUMENT; NEGOTIATION PROCESS;

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

EID: 45349089584     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183508090896     Document Type: Article

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