Indirect rule redux
The political economy of diamond mining and its relation to the Ebola outbreak in Kono District, Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11905144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Raphael Frankfurter (0000-0003-3531-9508, University of California, San Francisco, corresponding author), Mara Kardas-Nelson (Berkeley Public Health Division), A Benton (0000-0001-9523-5985, Northwestern University), M Bailor Barrie (0000-0003-0756-3829, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre), Yusupha Dibba (0000-0001-8554-950X, Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre), Paul Farmer (Harvard Global Health Institute), Eugene T Richardson (0000-0001-8437-0671, Harvard University) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 158 |
| Pages | 522-540 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2018.1547188 |
| PMID | 31772418 |
| OpenAlex | W2930902354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article explores the relationship between the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak and the political economy of diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone. The authors argue that foreign companies have recycled colonial strategies of indirect rule to facilitate the illicit flow of resources out of Sierra Leone. Drawing on field research conducted during the outbreak and in its aftermath, they show how this 'indirect rule redux' undermines democratic governance and the development of revenue-generation institutions. Finally, they consider the linkages between indirect rule and the Ebola outbreak, vis-à-vis the consequences of the region's intentionally underdeveloped health care infrastructure and the scaffolding of outbreak containment onto the paramount chieftaincy system
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| Citations per year | 1.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |