Guy Tillim

Kamajoor (hunter) militias, Koidu, Sierra Leone, 2001

pigment-ink digital prints on 300g cotton paper

85.5 x 59cm

edition of 5 + 1 AP

The Kamajoors are traditional defence militias who responed to the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) tyranny in the area, defending their villages against annihilation. The militias, wearing protective amulets and their preparation shrouded in ritual, became collectively defined by the government as the Civil Defence Force and colloquially known as the Kamajoors.

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