Copyright © 2024 by Jonah Lipton

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First published 2024 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lipton, Jonah, 1988– author.

Title: In the time of Ebola : youth, family, and emergency in Sierra Leone / Jonah Lipton.

Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2024. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024004828 (print) | LCCN 2024004829 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501778094 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501778100 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501778117 (epub) | ISBN 9781501778124 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Ebola virus disease—Social aspects—Sierra Leone. | Epidemics—Social aspects—Sierra Leone—History—21st century. | Epidemics—Economic aspects—Sierra Leone—History—21st century. | Epidemics—Africa, West—History—21st century.

Classification: LCC RC140.5 .L57 2024 (print) | LCC RC140.5 (ebook) | DDC 616.9/18009664—dc23/eng/20240408

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024004828

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024004829

Cover image: Photograph provided by the author.