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Session Information

Session Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-8922-7

Title: A court case

Description: The sequence looks a little staged but it’s not; it represents an actual court case, with Abdulai’s father Abu Bakarr Bundu adjudicating. The court case was held on the 16th May, 2017, in Mokayegbe. The people in the case are Yusifu Bundu, Lamin Conteh, Gibrilla Bendu, Salieu Bundu, and the Chief is Hassan Bundu. It took place at Mokayegbe village. The case is between Lamin Conteh and Gibrilla Bendu and involves two batas of palm oil. Gibrilla Bendu had taken them from Lamin Conteh two years ago and had not paid him back. Gibrilla Bendu brought one bata of palm oil on the day of the case and pledged to pay back the other in the next palm oil season, an arrangement which Lamin Conteh eventually accepted. Comment: This is typical of the compromise solutions reached in court cases. Everyone goes home happy with usually a promise for future delivery, which may or may not take place. It’s as much a matter of face as it is of material goods.

Date created: 2017-05-26

Location

Continent: Africa

Country: Sierra Leone

Region: Bumpeh Chiefdom

Address: Moyeamoh

Project

ID: MDP0316

Name: 0373-MDP0316

Description: A three-year project 2016-19 documenting the Sherbro / Bolom language and culture of Sierra Leone.

Topics

Topic: Justice

Keywords

Keyword: Palm oil

Content

Genre: Court case

Languages

Language

Name: Sherbro

Description: content language

Language

Name: English

Description: working language

Actor

Full Name: Abdulai Bendu

Role: Researcher

Media Files

Filename: slc1152.mp4

File handle: http://hdl.handle.net/2196/00-0000-0000-0010-8923-1

File type: Video

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Topics

Topic: Palm trees

Topic: Conflict

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