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Lebanese people in Sierra Leone

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770:. As they expanded their trading interests into the interior, they gained some commercial power. However, they were blamed for a 1919 rice scarcity, and riots broke out against them in which their shops were looted. Even the colonial authorities, traditionally seen as the patrons of the Lebanese, did not protect them; instead, they deported two Lebanese traders blamed for causing the shortages. This was one of the first major incidents that contributed to the Lebanese having a negative image in Sierra Leone. 1876: 1229: 794:'s monopoly on diamond mining and export did little to stem their involvement in the diamond trade; many Lebanese traders were deported in the 1940s for illicit diamond trading. By the 1950s, diamonds had become the most important business sector for Lebanese traders. Throughout the 1950s, they continued their diamond smuggling, mainly to Liberia; as many as 20% of diamonds on the world market may have passed through the hands of Lebanese and 662: 88: 777:
which sparked the intervention of the colonial government. Beginning in the 1930s, the Lebanese began to outcompete indigenous traders, by concentrating their returns from commerce back into the same sector to expand their purchases of goods, rather than diversifying into other sectors. They also
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At first, they had little access to capital and little control of import or export; they were at the mercy of the large colonial merchant firms, the same as indigenous traders. They brought imported manufactured goods such as textiles, jewellery, and mirrors to rural areas where European and
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in 1930 sparked the beginning of a major shift in the business activities of the Lebanese. The first Lebanese trader arrived in Kono soon after the discovery of diamonds, two years ahead of the British rulers. The establishment of the
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However, the Lebanese are not solely active in the diamond sector; they also operate cinemas, hotels, casinos, factories, and travel agencies. From 1963 to 1971, there was even a short-lived Lebanese-owned bank, the Intra Bank.
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There are five key Lebanese families in Sierra Leone, who had largely consolidated their position by the 1970s; most Lebanese prominent in trade in the country and its neighbours have some connection to them.
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In the 1920s, they not only began to enjoy better access to credit, but also began to play a role themselves in extending credit to agricultural producers in the interior, sometimes
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where there was an agricultural crunch. They worked as small traders, at first occupying the same position in the economic structure as indigenous coastal traders.
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Leighton, Neil Owen (1992), "Lebanese Emigration: Its Effect on the Political Economy of Sierra Leone", in Hourani, Albert; Shehadi, Nadim (eds.),
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The Lebanese middleman in Sierra Leone: the case of a non-indigenous trading minority and their role in political development
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Kaniki, Martin H. Y. (1973), "Attitudes and Reactions towards the Lebanese in Sierra Leone during the Colonial Period",
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actually strengthened their position, as smaller African-owned trading enterprises were hit the hardest.
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began to establish their own links to exporters in other countries. The worldwide
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War and Peace in Sierra Leone: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
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traders would not go, and traded them for local agricultural produce, primary
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Colonialism, class formation, and underdevelopment in Sierra Leone
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Leighton, Neil Owen (1974), "The Lebanese in Sierra Leone",
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During the same period, the discovery of diamonds at
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Index

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Emblem
Lebanon
Lebanese cedar
Lebanese people
religion
Lebanese Muslims
Shia
Sunni
Druze
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Maronite
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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