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Gender and Ethnic Relations in Sierra Leone: Temne Women in Colonial Freetown

Bangura, Joseph J. - Personal Name;
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  • Gender and Ethnic Relations in Sierra Leone: Temne Women in Colonial Freetown

The article explores the role of women, particularly non-Western edu cated Temne market women in shaping the socio-economic history of Britain's oldest colony in colonial West Africa. It addresses the neglect of women's partici pation in the economy of the colony inherent in the androcentric literature. The article also highlights the cultural foundations of Temne women's activism in colonial Freetown. It argues that the role played by various subjects and actors should be fully integrated in the historical literature of the Sierra Leone colony. Résumé: L'article explore le rôle des femmes sur le marché du travail de la plus ancienne colonie britannique d'Afrique de l'Ouest pendant la période coloniale, examinant en particulier l'influence des femmes Temne, non exposées aux valeurs de l'éducation occidentale, sur le caractère de l'évolution socio-économique du pays. Cet article expose la manière dont la littérature androcentrique perçoit la négligence de la participation des femmes dans l'économie de la colonie. Il met également en lumière les fondations culturelles de l'activisme des femmes Temne dans le Freetown colonial. Il soutient que le rôle joué par divers sujets et acteurs du marché économique devrait être considéré dans son entièreté par les archives his toriques de la colonie du Sierra


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: ., 2012
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History in Africa,;Volume 39 (2012), pp. 267
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