Walter Rodney's Influence on Sierra Leonean Historiography Explored

Walter Rodney: Sierra Leonean historiography’s refusal of a radical inheritance, By Ibrahim Abdullah

…Rodney must be placed at the centre of a people-centred historiography of Sierra Leone, even if he has not been institutionally recognised as such. His interest was not in rulers alone, nor in ethnic origins as static inheritances, nor in colonial institutions as the natural containers of history. He was interested in social formations. He […] The post Walter Rodney: Sierra Leonean historiography’s refusal of a radical inheritance, By Ibrahim Abdullah appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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