We the Young Fighters (eBook)

Pop Culture, Terror, and War in Sierra Leone

Marc Sommers (Autor)

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2023
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-6475-9 (ISBN)

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We the Young Fighters is at once a history of a nation, the story of a war, and the saga of downtrodden young people and three pop culture superstars. Reggae idol Bob Marley, rap legend Tupac Shakur, and the John Rambo movie character all portrayed an upside-down world, where those in the right are blamed while the powerful attack them. Their collective example found fertile ground in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, where youth were entrapped, inequality was blatant, and dissent was impossible. When warfare spotlighting diamonds, marijuana, and extreme terror began in 1991, military leaders exploited the trio's transcendent power over their young fighters and captives. Once the war expired, youth again turned to Marley for inspiration and Tupac for friendship. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, We the Young Fighters probes terror-based warfare and how Tupac, Rambo, and-especially-Bob Marley wove their way into the fabric of alienation, resistance, and hope in Sierra Leone. The tale of pop culture heroes radicalizing warfare and shaping peacetime underscores the need to engage with alienated youth and reform predatory governments. The book ends with a framework for customizing the international response to these twin challenges.

Autor

MARC SOMMERS is the award-winning author of ten books, including The Outcast Majority: War, Development, and Youth in Africa and Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood (both Georgia). His career has blended peacebuilding and diplomacy with field research and teaching. He uses trust-based methods to address challenges involving youth, conflict, education, gender, systemic exclusion, and violent extremism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 19 b&w images
• Verlagsort: Athens
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Abidjan Peace Accord • action films • Adama Cut Hand • Africa • Ahmed Tejan Kabbah • Alienation • amputations • Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) • Arnold Schwarzenegger • atrocity • Blaise Campaore • blood diamonds • Bob Marley • boy soldiers • Bunny Wailer • Burkina Faso • Burning Spear • Charles Taylor • children • child soldier indoctrination • child soldiers • child soldier training • Chuck Norris • Civil Defense Forces • Civil War • Cocaine • Colonialism • commando • Dennis Mingo • dirty warfare • Drugs • ECOMAG • ECOWAS • Executive Outcomes • Five-Five • Foday Sankoh • Frreetown • Gambia • Gender • Gender empowerment • girl captives • girl soldiers • Gullit • Hip Hop • humanitarianism • Human Rights • Joe Hill • Johnny Paul Koroma • John Rambo • Joseph Momoh • Julis Maada Bio • Kamajor • Liberia • Lome Peace Accord • Low intensity conflict (LIC) • Marijuana • marriage • Muammar Gaddafi • Mystic • new wars • NPFL • NPRC • Paramount chief • Peacebuilding • Post-War • Rap Music • Reconciliation • Refugees • Reggae • Revolutionary United Front (RUF) • SAJ Musa • Sam Bockarie • Sandline • sex slavery • Sexual Violence • Siaka Stevens • Sierra Leone • Sierra Leonean youth • Sierra Leone Army (SLA) • Slavery • Small Boys Unit (SB) • Small Girls Unit (SGU) • Sobel • Special Court for Sierra Leone • Superman • Sylvester Stallone • terrorism • terror warfare • Transitional Justice • Trauma • Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) • Tupac Shakur • Valentine Strasser • Violent Extremism • War films • West Africa • West Side Boys (WSB)
• ISBN-10: 0-8203-6475-4 / 0820364754
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-6475-9 / 9780820364759