Liberia's Women Veterans - 9781786990808

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Liberia's Women VeteransWar, Roles and Reintegration\nAuthor(s): Leena Vastapuu, Emmi Nieminen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Zed Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781786990808, 978-1786990808\nSynopsis\nThe Liberian civil wars of the 1990s and 2000s became notorious for their atrocities, and for the widespread use of child soldiers. Girls and young women accounted for up to 40 per cent of these soldiers, but their unique perspective and experiences have largely been excluded from accounts of the conflict.\n\nIn Liberias Women Veterans, Leena Vastapuu uses an innovative auto-photographic methodology to tell the story of two of Africas most brutal civil wars through the eyes of 133 female former soldiers. Incorporating their testimonies alongside a series of vivid illustrations by Emmi Nieminen, the book provides an in-depth account of these womens experiences of trauma, stigma, and the challenges of reintegration into post-war society, as well a.