Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining: Strangers, Aliens, Spirits

Fenda Akiwumi

Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining

Strangers, Aliens, Spirits

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Fenda Akiwumi

Publisher:: Anthem Press
Online publication date:: April 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781839988110

Subjects:: Social Theory, Sociology: General Interest, Sociology

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In Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining: Strangers, Aliens, Spirits, the author uses Sierra Leone as a case study to contribute to the debates on the causes and nature of mineral resource conflicts in Africa. Unlike many works that focus on the political economy and political ecology of large-scale diamond mining conflicts, this book's goal is to add to the limited literature on the persistent discord in mining areas. In so doing, the book integrates cultural conflict dimensions in analyzing the mineral commodity chain, primarily the clash between the centuries-old customary landlord-stranger land governance institution and state mining laws with colonial vestiges. It shows that these cultural conflicts challenge the effective development of the mining sector, including establishing artisanal mining as a viable complementary livelihood to farming for rural populations.

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Culture and Conflicts in Sierra Leone Mining

Strangers, Aliens, Spirits

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dediation
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Figures and Tables
pp ix-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv

1 - Introduction: Culture in Commodity Chains
pp 1-18

2 - Sierra Leone’s Global Incorporation Through Mining
pp 19-34

3 - Cultural Difference: Policy and Legislative Dilemmas
pp 35-62

4 - Sacred Places: Local Ontology Meets Global Capital
pp 63-76

5 - Strangers, Environment, and Livelihoods
pp 77-96

6 - Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender in Mining
pp 97-110

7 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place
pp 111-114

8 - Conclusion
pp 115-118

References
pp 119-138

Index
pp 139-145

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