AD, Volume 22, n° 3 & 4, 1997 - Full Issue

Abstract

Contents

Introduction
Ibrahim Abdullah. . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . 5

Subaltem Reactions: Lumpen, Students, and the Left
Ishmail Rashid ................................ 19

Bush Path to Destruction: The Origin and Character of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF/SL)

Ibrahim Abdullah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The Kemajoi Militia: Violence, Internai Displacementand the Politics of Counter-Insurgency

Patritk Muana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

War and Transition to Peace : A Study of State Conspiracy in Perpetuating Armed Conflict

ArthurAbraham................................. 101

Understanding the Politicaland Cultural Dynamicsof the Sierra LeoneWar : A Critique of Paul Richards's Fighting for the Rain Forest

Yusuf Bangura................................. 117

The May 25 Coup d'Etat in Sierra Leone: A Militariat Revoit?

Lansana Gberie................................. 149

Lumpen Youth Culture and Political Violence: Sierra Leoneans Debate the RUF and the Civil War

I. Abdullah, Y. Bangura, C. Blake, L. Gberie, L. Johnson, K. Kallon, S. Kemokai, P. K. Muana, I. Rashid & A. Zack-Williams. . . . 171

Reflections on the Abidjan Peace Accord
Yusuf Bangura ................................. 217

Appendices

I.Peace Agreement Between the Govemment of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionaty United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF/SL) . . .  243

Il. Economie Community of West Africa States: Sixth Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Committee of Five on Sierra Leone . . . . . 253

III. ECOWAS Six-Month Peace Plan for Sierra Leone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Publications Received and Acquired....................... 259