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'Liberation' or Capture? Youth in between 'hakuma' and 'home' during civil war and its aftermath in Southern Sudan

Leonardi, Cherry

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Generational tension and youth crisis have been prominent themes in recent analyses of civil conflict in Africa. Field research in Southern Sudan in 2004–2006 suggests that the analysis does not fit the Sudanese war. This article examines a structural opposition between the sphere of military/government (the ‘hakuma’) and the sphere of ‘home’. It argues that to be a ‘youth’ in Southern Sudan means to inhabit the tensions of the space between these spheres. While attempting to resist capture by either sphere, youth have used their recruitment by the military to invest in their home or family sphere. Their aspiration to ‘responsibility’ illustrates not generational rebellion, but the moral continuity in local society, also evident in discussions of marriage.

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Leonardi, C. (2007). 'Liberation' or Capture? Youth in between 'hakuma' and 'home' during civil war and its aftermath in Southern Sudan. African Affairs, 106(424), 391-412. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm037

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2007
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2008
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal African Affairs
Print ISSN 0001-9909
Electronic ISSN 1468-2621
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 106
Issue 424
Pages 391-412
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm037

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This is a pre-copy-editing author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in African affairs following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Leonardi, D. C. (2007) 'Liberation or capture ? youth in between 'hakuma' and 'home' during civil war and its aftermath in Southern Sudan.', African affairs., 106 (424). pp. 391-412 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adm037




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