Rites and wrongs of passage: child soldiers in African writing

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The phenomenon of the recruitment and deployment of under-age soldiers has been well publicized during the first decade of the present century, so that media coverage has spilled over into the written literature, both factual and fictional. The focus here is on how African writing in particular has responded to and reflected this new ‘hot topic’, both in the publication of notable ‘survival stories' and then their spilling over into literary works, especially some watershed novels, which attempt to reflect the use and abuse of minors as active agents in warzones.View full textDownload full textKeywordsAfrican fiction, African travelogue, child soldiers, misery memoir, Truth and ReconciliationRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10131752.2011.617990