Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone

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1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 1: A Sketch of Sierra Leone and the Context for the Cases No access Pages 15 - 34
Chapter 2: What Kind of Leopards Were They? No access Pages 35 - 48
Chapter 3: Cannibalism as European Nightmare and as Spiritual Consumption No access Pages 49 - 64
Chapter 4: The Court at Gbangbama No access Pages 65 - 74
Chapter 5: Human Leopards and Poro No access Pages 75 - 92
Chapter 6: Body Marking, the Orthography of the Skin, and Colonial Assumptions No access Pages 93 - 108
Chapter 7: Oath-taking, Medicines, and the Colonial Law No access Pages 109 - 118
Chapter 8: The Special Commission Court Cases Concerning Human Leopards No access Pages 119 - 140
Conclusion No access Pages 141 - 146
Appendix No access Pages 147 - 170
Bibliography No access Pages 171 - 180
Index No access Pages 181 - 182
About the Author No access Pages 183 - 184