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    The Disfigured Body of the Female Guerilla: (De)Militarization, Sexual Violence, and Redomestication in Zoe Wicomb's David's Story

    Samuelson, Meg. 2007. “The Disfigured Body of the Female Guerrilla: (De)Militarization, Sexual Violence, and Redomestication in Zoë Wicomb’s David’s StorySigns: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 32 (4): 833-56. doi:10.1086/512491.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Female Combatants, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarization, Sexual Violence Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Girls with Guns: Narrating the Experience of War of Frelimo’s ‘Female Detachment'

    West, Harry G. 2000. “Girls with Guns: Narrating the Experience of War of Frelimo’s ‘Female Detachment.’” Anthropological Quarterly 73 (4): 180-94.

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    Topics: Age, Youth, Armed Conflict, National Liberation Wars, Combatants, Child Soldiers, Female Combatants, Gender, Girls, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Mozambique Keywords: child soldiers, violence, guerrilla war, women's emancipation, ideology, narrative

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    Colonels & Cadres: War & Gender in South Africa

    Cock, Jacklyn. 1991. Colonels & Cadres: War & Gender in South Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Gender, Masculinity/ies, Femininity/ies, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Girl Soldiers and Human Rights: Lessons from Angola, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Northern Uganda

    Denov, Myriam. 2008. “Girl Soldiers and Human Rights: Lessons from Angola, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Northern Uganda.” International Journal of Human Rights 12 (5): 813–36.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Child Soldiers, Gender, Girls, Health, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups, Rights, Human Rights, Security, Human Security, Violence Regions: Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa Countries: Angola, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Uganda

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    Beyond Civil Society: Child Soldiers as Citizens in Mozambique

    Thompson, Carol B. 1999. “Beyond Civil Society: Child Soldiers as Citizens in Mozambique.” Review of African Political Economy 26 (80): 191–206.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Society, Combatants, Child Soldiers, Gender, Girls, Boys, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Mozambique

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    Zulu Masculinities, Warrior Culture and Stick Fighting: Reassessing Male Violence and Virtue in South Africa

    Carton, Benedict, and Robert Morrell. 2012. “Zulu Masculinities, Warrior Culture and Stick Fighting: Reassessing Male Violence and Virtue in South Africa.” Journal of Southern African Studies 38 (1): 31-53.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Men, Boys, Masculinity/ies, Gendered Power Relations, Patriarchy Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Morality and Sexual Rights: Constructions of Masculinity, Femininity and Sexuality Among a Group of South African Soldiers

    Mankayi, Nyameka. 2008. “Morality and Sexual Rights: Constructions of Masculinity, Femininity and Sexuality Among a Group of South African Soldiers.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 10 (6): 625-34. doi:10.1080/13691050801950884.

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    Topics: Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Masculinity/ies, Femininity/ies, Health, HIV/AIDS, Sexuality Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Guerilla Girls and Women in the Zimbabwean National Liberation Struggle

    Lyons, Tonya. 2002. “Guerrilla Girls and Women in the Zimbabwean National Liberation Struggle.” Women in African Colonial Histories. Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Press.

    Topics: Armed Conflict, National Liberation Wars, Combatants, Female Combatants, Sexual Violence, SV against Women Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Zimbabwe Keywords: guerilla, Zimbabwe, liberation

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    Masculinities, Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in Apartheid South Africa

    Conway, Daniel. 2012. Masculinities, Militarisation and the End Conscription Campaign: War Resistance in Apartheid South Africa. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Combatants, Male Combatants, Gender, Men, Masculinity/ies, Gendered Discourses, Livelihoods, Militarized Livelihoods, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Nationalism Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: South Africa

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    Landscapes of Belonging: Female Ex-Combatants Remembering the Liberation Struggle in Urban Maputo

    Katto, Jonna. 2014. “Landscapes of Belonging: Female Ex-Combatants Remembering the Liberation Struggle in Urban Maputo.” Journal of Southern African Studies 40 (3): 539–57. doi:10.1080/03057070.2014.909256.

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    Topics: Combatants, Female Combatants, Gender, Women Regions: Africa, Southern Africa Countries: Mozambique

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