Title:
Remove or reform? : a case for (restructuring) chiefdom governance in post-conflict Sierra Leone
Authors:
Sawyer, Edward
Place:
Oxford
Publisher:
Oxford university press
Year:
2008
Journal:
African affairs
Volume:
Vol. 107, Issue 428
PAGE:
387--403
Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
ethnic and racial groups, conflict, rural areas, community leadership, governance, sierra leone
Abstract:
Fieldwork from three districts in Sierra Leone suggests that chiefdom authority continues to have considerable support. In particular, section chiefs and headmen are seen as being particularly important for settling small disputes, especially in the rural areas.
URL:
https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article-abstract/107/428/387/12774?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Document type:
E-article