Book contents
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Epistemology
- Part II Beyond the Colonial Sphinx: African Agency in the Making of the Colony
- Part III Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
- 5 Temne Cultural Associations and Popular Representations
- 6 Islamic Triumphalism in a Christian Colony: Temne Agency in the Spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam
- 7 From the Margins to the Center: The Role of Temne Market Women Traders
- 8 Conclusion: Nexus of Microhistory – New Perspective on the Colony’s Historical Landscape
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - Conclusion: Nexus of Microhistory – New Perspective on the Colony’s Historical Landscape
from Part III - Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2017
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Epistemology
- Part II Beyond the Colonial Sphinx: African Agency in the Making of the Colony
- Part III Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
- 5 Temne Cultural Associations and Popular Representations
- 6 Islamic Triumphalism in a Christian Colony: Temne Agency in the Spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam
- 7 From the Margins to the Center: The Role of Temne Market Women Traders
- 8 Conclusion: Nexus of Microhistory – New Perspective on the Colony’s Historical Landscape
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The initial impetus in the historiography of the colony was nationalist. Fyfe, Porter, Spitzer, Wyse, White, Denzer, and others focused on Freetonian accomplishments to make the case that African agency, as well as colonial initiative, became important in the making of the British colony. The extant historiography consigned non-Freetonian groups to the background and grouped them as “non-colony peoples” or “interior peoples.” Even when other groups came under inquiry, such as women, non-Freetonians, and Muslims, the Freetonian focus remained.
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- The Temne of Sierra LeoneAfrican Agency in the Making of a British Colony, pp. 189 - 196Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017