A study of Fourah Bay College and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international contexts, tracing the College's development through periods of missionary education. Index, notes, 324pp, USA. ROUTLEDGE, 0415947952

Aimed at policymakers and practitioners, this book uses the latest census and survey data to reveal the abiding costs of education to individual households. It goes on to suggest a sustainable, long-term strategy for the education system in Sierra Leone that emphasizes the needs of the poor, as well as the elimination of disparities across regions, between urban and rural areas, and between boys and girls. 228pp, USA. WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS.

2004 DVD

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Detailed exploration of the images of women in Sande masquerades and critique of the literature on the subject. Illustrated with b/w and colour images. Notes, refs, 199pp, USA. UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY.

After war, social conditions are often regarded as more open for change and international organisations are therefore encouraged to promote women's equal rights, utilising gender mainstreaming tools. Sometimes inadvertently, these have affected the demobilisation programme implemented after the civil war in Sierra Leone. This book examines the conceptualisation of women as combatants and victims and how, being marginalised but far from passive, they engage with these concepts and strategise to socially (re-)construct gendered identities in order to take part in the benefits of the programmes. 148pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.