Child soldiers in the civil war in Sierra Leone

Zack‐Williams, A. B.

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Child soldiers in the civil war in Sierra Leone

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Author(s): A. B. Zack‐Williams ^a

Publication date (Print): March 2001

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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This article examines the factors which have brought children into social movements challenging those wielding political power in Sierra Leone. It reviews the manner of their recruitment and the roles they have played in the civil war. The analysis is premised on the notion that peripheral capitalism has transformed the form of the family, loosening controls over children. With ongoing crises in both the economic and political realms undermining kinship structures and leaving children with little security, some have turned to surrogate families for protection, either on the street or in the ranks of combatants. Although some of the children who have participated in the war have been volunteers, thousands more have been abducted and socialised via brute violence by both sides.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): March 2001

Volume: 28

Issue: 87

Pages: 73-82

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^a Professor of Sociology at the Department of Education and Social Science , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , UK

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Publisher ID: 8704504 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 28, No. 87, March 2001, pp. 73-82

DOI: 10.1080/03056240108704504

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Bledsoe C. . 1990. . ‘"No Success Without Struggle”: Social Mobility and Hardship for Foster Children in Sierra Leone’. . Man, New Series . , Vol. 25((1)): 7––88. .
Brett R and McCallan M. . 1998. . Children: The Invisible Soldiers . , Sweden : : Redd Barna. .
Lubeck P. . 1985. . ‘Islamic Protest Under Peripheral Capitalism: “Yan Tatsine” Explained’. . Africa . , Vol. 55((4)): 19
Maier K. . 28 September. 1995 . “‘Boys in Arms find Peace a Trial’. ”. In Independent . 28 September. , London :
Muana P. . 1997. . ‘The Kamajor Militia: Violence, Internal Displacement and the Politics of Counter‐Insurgency’. . Africa Development . , Vol. 22((3/4)): 77––100. .
PEA. . 1989. . Bras, Greens and Bullheads . , p. 233 Freetown , Sierra Leone : : Peoples Education Association. .
Peters K and Richards P. . 1998. . ‘Why We Fight: Voices of Youth Combatants in Sierra Leone’. . Africa . , Vol. 68((2)): 183––210. .
Richards P. . 1996. . Fighting for The Rain Forest: War Youth & Resources in Sierra Leone . , Oxford : : James Currey. .
RUF. . 1995. . “‘Footpaths to Democracy Towards a New Sierra Leone’. ”.
UNICEF. . 1989. . The Women and Children of Sierra Leone: An Analysis of Their Situation . , Vol. Vol. 1. , Freetown , Sierra Leone : : Ministry of National Development and Economic Planning. .
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. . 1997. . “‘Children's War‐Towards Peace in Sierra Leone’. ”.
Zack‐Williams A B. . 1995. . Tributors, Supporters and Merchant Capital in Sierra Leone . , London : : Avebury. .
1999. . ‘Sierra Leone: The Political Economy of Civil War, 1991–98’. . Third World Quarterly . , Vol. 20((1)): 143––162. .

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[1] Bledsoe C. . 1990. . ‘"No Success Without Struggle”: Social Mobility and Hardship for Foster Children in Sierra Leone’. . Man, New Series . , Vol. 25((1)): 7––88. .

[2] Brett R and McCallan M. . 1998. . Children: The Invisible Soldiers . , Sweden : : Redd Barna. .

[3] Lubeck P. . 1985. . ‘Islamic Protest Under Peripheral Capitalism: “Yan Tatsine” Explained’. . Africa . , Vol. 55((4)): 19

[4] Maier K. . 28 September. 1995 . “‘Boys in Arms find Peace a Trial’. ”. In Independent . 28 September. , London :

[5] Muana P. . 1997. . ‘The Kamajor Militia: Violence, Internal Displacement and the Politics of Counter‐Insurgency’. . Africa Development . , Vol. 22((3/4)): 77––100. .

[6] PEA. . 1989. . Bras, Greens and Bullheads . , p. 233 Freetown , Sierra Leone : : Peoples Education Association. .

[7] Peters K and Richards P. . 1998. . ‘Why We Fight: Voices of Youth Combatants in Sierra Leone’. . Africa . , Vol. 68((2)): 183––210. .

[8] Richards P. . 1996. . Fighting for The Rain Forest: War Youth & Resources in Sierra Leone . , Oxford : : James Currey. .

[9] RUF. . 1995. . “‘Footpaths to Democracy Towards a New Sierra Leone’. ”.

[10] UNICEF. . 1989. . The Women and Children of Sierra Leone: An Analysis of Their Situation . , Vol. Vol. 1. , Freetown , Sierra Leone : : Ministry of National Development and Economic Planning. .

[11] Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. . 1997. . “‘Children's War‐Towards Peace in Sierra Leone’. ”.

[12] Zack‐Williams A B. . 1995. . Tributors, Supporters and Merchant Capital in Sierra Leone . , London : : Avebury. .

[13] 1999. . ‘Sierra Leone: The Political Economy of Civil War, 1991–98’. . Third World Quarterly . , Vol. 20((1)): 143––162. .

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