This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond extraction collaborated on the establishment of a series of legislative and disciplinary devices that encompassed forms of biopolitical expertise.

D'Angelo, L. (2016). The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone. HISTORICAL RESEARCH, 89(243), 136-157 [10.1111/1468-2281.12103].

The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone

D'Angelo, L
2016

Abstract

This article briefly outlines the history of the colonial diamond industry of Sierra Leone from 1930 to 1961, highlighting its contingent aspects and the bonds guiding the decisions and actions taken by local social actors in different contexts and at different times. By drawing on colonial documents and memoirs of colonial officers, it shows how the colonial government of Sierra Leone and the mining company that exercised a monopoly on diamond extraction collaborated on the establishment of a series of legislative and disciplinary devices that encompassed forms of biopolitical expertise.
Recensione in rivista
Cultural Studies; History; Sociology and Political Science; Sierra Leone; colonial history; diamond mining; colonial biographies; colonial governmentality; biopolitics; materialism of the encounter; colonial law
English
2016
89
243
136
157
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D'Angelo, L. (2016). The art of governing contingency: Rethinking the colonial history of diamond mining in Sierra Leone. HISTORICAL RESEARCH, 89(243), 136-157 [10.1111/1468-2281.12103].
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