Kailondo's Luawa and British Rule : with special reference to the period 1880-1930

In January 1970, the present writer visited Dambara, a
little village situated near the banks of the River Moa, and only a few
minutes' walk by bush-path from the Kailahun to Mano-Sewalu motor road. As
he wandered through the village, a feeling which had been growing in him
for a long time suddenly crystallized. This village, in its material culture
and human activities, bore a striking resemblance to the sort of villages
which were described by British travellers in the area during the 1890s.
There was very little to be seen in Dambara which could be described as an
innovation or development resulting from colonial rule. Eighty years of
contact with Europeans had apparently made little impression on the everyday
life of ordinary village people. Moreover, Dambara was not exceptionalt
most human settlements in the Luawa area were similar. These thoughts provided
the genesis of this thesis.