Into the Jungle

My Life as a Guerrilla in Colombia

Tanja Nijmeijer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2026
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4904-6 (ISBN)

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They called her a terrorist, a traitor, a radical. Tanja Nijmeijer finally tells her side of the story

At just 24 years old, Tanja Nijmeijer left the Netherlands to join the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a decision that stunned the world. Ever since, her story has been written and rewritten by others—journalists, critics, and pundits eager to pass judgment but uninterested in the complexities that shaped her choices.

In this powerful and unflinching memoir, Nijmeijer tells her story for the first time in her own words. From a quiet Dutch town to a decade living, teaching, and fighting inside one of the world’s most controversial and enduring guerrilla armies, Into the Jungle offers a rare, unsparing look at the human side of armed conflict. Drawing on her experience on the frontlines and later as a negotiator at the landmark peace talks in Havana, Nijmeijer provides an intimate glimpse into a war that has defined Colombia’s history, the aftershocks of which are still felt today.

Into the Jungle is a story of transformation, conviction, and the politics of memory. Nijmeijer challenges the dominant narratives about Colombia’s conflict, asking what it means to fight for justice in a world where legitimacy is always contested and history is too often written by the powerful.

After ten years of fighting with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Tanja Nijmeijer joined peace negotiations in Cuba which culminated, four years later, in a peace settlement allowing the FARC to disband as an armed force. She helped set up the cooperative De Mano en Mano, run by ex-fighters, selling products made by ex-fighters. They are converting a four-floor building into a centre for cooperativism called the “House of Peace” in central Cali. The space will include a shop, a coffee bar, and a cultural centre. She lives on the outskirts of Cali with her husband, also an ex-fighter, an adopted son, three dogs, two cats, and twenty chickens.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.8.2026
Übersetzer	Elizabeth Manton
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-7453-4904-8 / 0745349048
ISBN-13	978-0-7453-4904-6 / 9780745349046
Zustand	Neuware