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LETTER OF RECOMMONDATION For Lansana Juana
University of Oxford Department of International Development
Johanna Boersch-Supan Graduate Student Researcher
Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TB United Kingdom www.qeh.ox.ac.uk
Freetown, 26.09.2007 To Whom It May Concern:
Lansana Juana, born 13 March 1983, worked for me as a research assistant during August and September 2007, while I was doing fieldwork for my Master’s thesis on “What the Communities say: The Crossroads between Integration and Reconciliation. What can be learned from the Sierra Leonean Experience?” During this time Lansana Juana was responsible for making and keeping contact with respondents in the different locations of my fieldwork (Makeni, Magburaka, Kenema, Tongo and Eastern Freetown) and translating during interviews, which were not held in English but in Krio or Mende. Lansana Juana did an excellent job at communicating with respondents, arranging appointments, and organizing many logistical aspects of my fieldwork. His translation was consistent and he carefully translated English expressions into meaningful Krio and Mende concepts. While assisting me with my research to my full satisfaction, Lansana Juana also proved an invaluable source of information concerning wider issues on Sierra Leonean history, politics, and culture in general and the recent civil war in particular. His previous work with other researchers as well as his own experience and education has given him a comprehensive background in the above-mentioned fields. This expertise greatly benefited my research, as Lansana Juana was able to contextualize and clarify much of my interviewing material. I full heartedly recommend Lansana Juana as a research assistant to any other graduate and post-graduate researcher. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or +44 79 39431637, +49 176 62800032. Sincerely,
Johanna Boersch-Supan
University of Oxford Department of International Development
Johanna Boersch-Supan Graduate Student Researcher
Mansfield Road Oxford, OX1 3TB United Kingdom www.qeh.ox.ac.uk
Freetown, 26.09.2007 To Whom It May Concern:
Lansana Juana, born 13 March 1983, worked for me as a research assistant during August and September 2007, while I was doing fieldwork for my Master’s thesis on “What the Communities say: The Crossroads between Integration and Reconciliation. What can be learned from the Sierra Leonean Experience?” During this time Lansana Juana was responsible for making and keeping contact with respondents in the different locations of my fieldwork (Makeni, Magburaka, Kenema, Tongo and Eastern Freetown) and translating during interviews, which were not held in English but in Krio or Mende. Lansana Juana did an excellent job at communicating with respondents, arranging appointments, and organizing many logistical aspects of my fieldwork. His translation was consistent and he carefully translated English expressions into meaningful Krio and Mende concepts. While assisting me with my research to my full satisfaction, Lansana Juana also proved an invaluable source of information concerning wider issues on Sierra Leonean history, politics, and culture in general and the recent civil war in particular. His previous work with other researchers as well as his own experience and education has given him a comprehensive background in the above-mentioned fields. This expertise greatly benefited my research, as Lansana Juana was able to contextualize and clarify much of my interviewing material. I full heartedly recommend Lansana Juana as a research assistant to any other graduate and post-graduate researcher. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] or +44 79 39431637, +49 176 62800032. Sincerely,
Johanna Boersch-Supan
