'Resilience without development' in a remote rural West African community: the case of Kayima, Sierra Leone. Issue 3 (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Binns, Tony; Bateman, Jerram
• Is Part Of: Journal of modern African studies. Volume 60:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 297
• Page End: 322
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: Sierra Leone -- Kayima -- livelihoods -- resilience -- development -- longitudinal study; Africa -- Periodicals; Africa -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 960.05
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X22000179
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-278X

Abstract

Abstract: Relatively few longitudinal studies have been undertaken of change and development among rural communities in Africa. Drawing on field-based research conducted over almost five decades, the article examines the shocks and adaptive strategies experienced in the remote rural community of Kayima in north-eastern Sierra Leone. In coping with both external and internal shocks and displaying a remarkable level of resilience, there has however been very little improvement in community livelihoods, and it is suggested that it is a case of 'resilience without development'. It is likely that the findings of the study could have wider relevance among rural communities elsewhere in Africa.