Postcolonial Politics in Sierra Leone, 1961-2001
Arrested Democracy and the Rise of Autocracy
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2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-08799-1 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-08799-1 (ISBN)
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This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies. Drawing on extensive archival research as well as the author’s own interviews, this book will be an important read for researchers of West African history and politics.
This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies.
Regarded as a litmus test for the consolidation of democracy in postwar Sierra Leone, the 2023 national polls instead became a stark reminder of the persistence of élite bickering, electoral malfeasance, autocratic political machinations, and violence. This book investigates how a culture of corruption, political violence, and autocracy crystallized in the decades following independence and has persisted into the modern day. Beginning with the colonial legacy and the turbulent SLPP government of Albert Margai and NRC junta of Andrew Juxon-Smith following independence, the book goes on to consider how Siaka Stevens harnessed Sierra Leone’s political problems for his own advantage. Stevens’s APC regime inflicted a culture of political violence that led to the eleven-year civil war and has persisted despite popular, national and international protests.
Drawing on extensive archival research as well as the author’s own interviews, this book will be an important read for researchers of West African history and politics.
This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies.
Regarded as a litmus test for the consolidation of democracy in postwar Sierra Leone, the 2023 national polls instead became a stark reminder of the persistence of élite bickering, electoral malfeasance, autocratic political machinations, and violence. This book investigates how a culture of corruption, political violence, and autocracy crystallized in the decades following independence and has persisted into the modern day. Beginning with the colonial legacy and the turbulent SLPP government of Albert Margai and NRC junta of Andrew Juxon-Smith following independence, the book goes on to consider how Siaka Stevens harnessed Sierra Leone’s political problems for his own advantage. Stevens’s APC regime inflicted a culture of political violence that led to the eleven-year civil war and has persisted despite popular, national and international protests.
Drawing on extensive archival research as well as the author’s own interviews, this book will be an important read for researchers of West African history and politics.
Gibril R. Cole is Associate Professor at the Department of History at the Louisiana State University, USA.
Introduction 1: Decolonization and its Discontents in Sierra Leone 2: Milton Margai and the Travails of a Fledgling Democracy 3: Albert Margai and Quest for Autocracy 4: Military Interregnum 1967-1968 5: Siaka Stevens, the APC, and Personalization of Power 6: Popular Resistance and Autocratic Consolidation 7: The APC One Party Autocracy and Roots of the Sierra Leone Civil War Afterword
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.5.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Halftones, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-041-08799-3 / 1041087993 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-041-08799-1 / 9781041087991 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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