Cultural power, ritual symbolism and human rights violations in Sierra Leone

This paper explores the links between the socio-cultural power structures of the Poro and Bondo secret societies and their interactions with internationalist human rights discourse in postconflict Sierra Leone. It argues that these secret societies offer gendered and cultural spaces that serve as so...

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Authors: Pemunta, Ngambouk Vitalis (Author) ; Tabenyang, Tabi Chama-James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Cogent social sciences
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 1
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
Female circumcision
Modernity
Postconflict
Secret society
Tradition