Hawks and Doves in Sudan's Armed Conflict: Al-Hakkamat Baggara Women of Darfur Contributor(s): Musa, Suad M. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847011756 ISBN-13: 9781847011756 Publisher: James Currey OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Political Science | World - African - History | Africa - General |
Dewey: 305.486 |
LCCN: 2017277512 |
Series: Eastern Africa |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 237 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Al-Hakkamat Baggara women hold an instrumental position in rural Sudan, wielding agency, social and political power. This book uncovers their significant, but widely overlooked, role during the war in Darfur from the 1970s to today's continuing conflict. The author examines the influence they exercised through composing and reciting poems and songs, informal speech and other symbolic acts, and analyses their impact in the social and political domains. Challenging the pervasive portrayal of women as natural peacebuilders and their roles as passive and submissive, the author highlights how Sudan's state government co-opted al-Hakkamat Baggara women to lobby on its behalf, to rally for war and to advocate for peace. Understanding how they can contribute to the resolution and resettlement processes is vital to sustainable reconciliation and post-conflict transformation of the unstable state. Suad M.E. Musa (PhD) is a Freelance Consultant on gender and women's issues. She worked with the government of Sudan and with CSOs and INGOs in the Horn of Africa and Britain. She also worked as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Qatar University. |