Harris David. Sierra Leone: A Political History

Oxford University Press, 2014. — 241 p.Map of Sierra LeoneThe Rise and Wane of Krio Dominance, 1787–1951
Key Players in a Deceptively Quiet Decolonisation,1951–1961
Immediate and Severe Challenges: Democracy and Coups,1961–1968
The Choices of Siaka Stevens: Violence, Patronage and the One-Party State, 1968–1991
Civil War and the Incendiary Debates Over its Provenance,1991–1996
The Escalation and Ending of the Civil War, 1996–2002
The Post-Conflict Dispensation: Plus ça change? 2002–2007
Political Shifts in Sierra Leone: Elections, Liberal Reform, Society and the New Mutlipolar World, 2007–2012Postscript