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Title: | Independence and innovation in the nineteenth century colony village |
Author: | Peterson, J. |
Year: | 1967 |
Periodical: | Sierra Leone Studies |
Issue: | 21 |
Pages: | 2-11 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Sierra Leone |
Subjects: | Coloureds social change history 1800-1899 |
Abstract: | Basically tribal Africans when first landed and freed at Freetown, the Liberated African group changed in the short span of two generations and became one of the earliest acculturated Afro-European peoples in West Africa. They developed in the process of the interaction of differing cultures something that was new, something that was Creole. They revealed their active role in the cultural process which produced Creole society very early in the century through a significant high level of independent and innovative action in their colony villages. They accepted the challenge presented to them by the local administrative void created by the successive failures of the colonial government to provide a consistent system. They proved capable administrators in the area of local government. Effective use of their actual political independence assured the creation of stable village communities. Their unheralded contributions to the field of politics saved the British experiment along the rocky coast of Sierra Leone from utter and complete failure. Notes. |