Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone - Hardcover

by Katrina Hb Keefer (Author)

Through careful analysis of court transcripts and modern scholarship on the 1913 Human Leopard cases in Sierra Leone, this book uncovers a complex web of judicial overreach, colonial ambitions, indigenous belief systems, European paranoia, animals whose habitat was being encroached upon, and socio-political turmoil.

Author Biography

Katrina HB Keefer is adjunct professor of cultural studies at Trent University.