Book contents
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Epistemology
- Part II Beyond the Colonial Sphinx: African Agency in the Making of the Colony
- Part III Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
- 5 Temne Cultural Associations and Popular Representations
- 6 Islamic Triumphalism in a Christian Colony: Temne Agency in the Spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam
- 7 From the Margins to the Center: The Role of Temne Market Women Traders
- 8 Conclusion: Nexus of Microhistory – New Perspective on the Colony’s Historical Landscape
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - From the Margins to the Center: The Role of Temne Market Women Traders
from Part III - Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2017
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- The Temne of Sierra Leone
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- List of Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Epistemology
- Part II Beyond the Colonial Sphinx: African Agency in the Making of the Colony
- Part III Ethnocentrism and New Frames of Popular Culture
- 5 Temne Cultural Associations and Popular Representations
- 6 Islamic Triumphalism in a Christian Colony: Temne Agency in the Spread and Sierra Leonization of Islam
- 7 From the Margins to the Center: The Role of Temne Market Women Traders
- 8 Conclusion: Nexus of Microhistory – New Perspective on the Colony’s Historical Landscape
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores the role of non-Western-educated Temne market women in shaping the social and economic history of the colony. It addresses the neglect of women’s participation in the economy, and highlights the cultural foundations of Temne women’s activism. The previous chapters note that the Temne organized around various institutions to strengthen their influence in the colony. This chapter shows that Temne women traders organized around commercial institutions, the leadership of powerful market women, and the TTA. In conjunction with women’s groups, Temne women used commercial institutions to simultaneously enhance their profile and Temne influence in this British colony.
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- The Temne of Sierra LeoneAfrican Agency in the Making of a British Colony, pp. 166 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017