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Indirect rule redux: the political economy of diamond mining and its relation to the Ebola outbreak in Kono District, Sierra Leone

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  • Raphael Frankfurter
  • Mara Kardas-Nelson
  • Adia Benton
  • Mohamed Bailor Barrie
  • Yusupha Dibba
  • Paul Farmer
  • Eugene T. Richardson

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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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  • Raphael Frankfurter & Mara Kardas-Nelson & Adia Benton & Mohamed Bailor Barrie & Yusupha Dibba & Paul Farmer & Eugene T. Richardson, 2018. "Indirect rule redux: the political economy of diamond mining and its relation to the Ebola outbreak in Kono District, Sierra Leone," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(158), pages 522-540, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:45:y:2018:i:158:p:522-540
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2018.1547188
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    1. Mayhew, Susannah H. & Balabanova, Dina & Vandi, Ahmed & Mokuwa, Gelejimah Alfred & Hanson, Tommy & Parker, Melissa & Richards, Paul, 2022. "(Re)arranging “systems of care” in the early Ebola response in Sierra Leone: An interdisciplinary analysis," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 300(C).

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