UID:
almafu_9961161677702883
Format:
1 online resource (x, 195 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-28103-8
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1-009-28102-X
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1-009-28105-4
Series Statement:
African studies series ; 163
Content:
In post-war Sierra Leone, a range of transitional justice mechanisms were implemented to address experiences of conflict, violence, and human rights violations. Much of the research on local transitional justice processes has focused on the work of organisations, failing to acknowledge how individual and communal dynamics shape and are shaped by these programs. Drawing on original fieldwork in Sierra Leone, Laura S. Martin moves beyond discussions measuring effectiveness and considers how people navigate their circumstances in conflict and post-conflict societies. Developing the idea of recognised and unrecognised transitional justice processes, Martin uses Fambul Tok as an example of a recognised local transitional justice program and shows how ordinary Sierra Leoneans appropriated Fambul Tok's agenda for their own purposes. Ultimately, this book highlights the crucial role of agency and the diverse range of actors involved in transitional justice processes. Justice, as Martin powerfully argues, is not something that happens to or for people, but is enacted by individuals and communities.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2023).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Agency in Times of Transitional Justice: Recognized and Unrecognized Mechanisms "at Work" -- Transitional Justice: A Brief Review -- Great Expectations? Localizing Transitional Justice -- Conceptualizing the Local, Agency and the Everyday -- Sierra Leone's Civil Conflict -- Experimenting with Transitional Justice: A (Sierra Leonean) Laboratory -- Fambul Tok: A Case Study -- A Note on Research Methods -- Book Outline -- 2 Navigating Violence, Peace and Justice: Conflict and Post-Conflict Experiences in Sierra Leone -- The War in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) -- Historical Antecedents and Causes of the Conflict -- The Sierra Leone Civil War: A Chronological Overview and Narratives of Violence -- Bombali District5 and Its "Role" in the Conflict -- Navigating Conflict: Individual and Communal Experiences in Rural Bombali -- The "Post-Conflict" Era and Transitional Justice Programs in Sierra Leone -- Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) and Ex-combatants -- The Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL) -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- Reparations -- Conclusion -- 3 Deconstructing Fambul Tok's Discourse and Practice: The Local, Ownership and Participation -- Fambul Tok Origins: Intersections between Local, National and International -- Projections and Representations of the Local: Logics and Pitfalls -- Ownership and Participation: The Captain Savage Story -- Delineating Fambul Tok's "Local" in Practice: How (Local) Agents Actually Work -- Conclusion -- 4 Participant Experiences with Fambul Tok's Program: Interpretation, Appropriation and Agency -- Lenses of Interpretation -- Religion -- Prior NGO Engagement and the Fambul Tok Approach -- National and Local Politics.
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Case Study: Makulon and Gbintimaria -- Background -- Fambul Tok and the Chieftaincy Conflict -- The Bonfire Ceremony -- Preparation -- Ceremony -- Confessions and Forgiveness -- Peace and Unity Produce Development: Fambul Tok's Legacies -- Peace Mothers -- Dispute Resolution -- Interpretation of Communal Development(s) -- Conclusion -- 5 Unrecognized Mechanisms, Normality and Everyday Realities in Transition -- Transition(s): Official Discourses and Everyday Realities -- On the Subject of Normality and Unrecognized Mechanisms -- Unrecognized Mechanisms and the "New Normal" -- Economic Restoration -- Agricultural Engagement -- Religion -- Normality in Everyday Life: Implications for Transitions and Justice from Sierra Leone -- 6 Activating Justice -- Fambul Tok: Representations, Realities and Transformations -- Transitions "at Work" and Activating Justice -- Appendix A: Informant Interview List -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-009-28101-1
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009281058
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