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Zusatztext Vastapuu not only offers a harrowing account of suffering as well as triumph over adversity! but also advances a truly innovative approach that makes this book highly relevant to a wide set of readers interested in questions of gender! violence and politics. Informationen zum Autor Leena Vastapuu earned her doctoral degree from the University of Turku in 2017. She has written and researched widely on warfare and humanitarian issues, with a particular interest in the impact of conflict on women and gender roles. This is her first book.Emmi Nieminen is a visual artist specialising in comics and graphic storytelling. Nieminen's work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions in Germany, Italy, Taiwan and Switzerland, and has been published in various anthologies in Finnish, English and German. Currently, Nieminen lives and works in Tampere, Finland, and is part of the Tampere Kunsthalle collective. She has been nominated twice for the Sarjakuva-Finlandia award. Klappentext A highly original account of the Liberian civil wars and their aftermath! uncovering the forgotten voices of the conflict's female child soldiers. Zusammenfassung A highly original account of the Liberian civil wars and their aftermath, uncovering the forgotten voices of the conflict’s female child soldiers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Liberia at War Introduction: Hell is the Absolute Lack of Being Heard 1. Auto-Photographing Rivers of Insecurities 2. Young Female Soldiers in Liberia’s Civil Wars 3. DDR: Disarmament, Disillusionment and Remarginalization 4. Social Rafting in Post-War Liberia 5. Let my Children’s Future be Alright Conclusion Epilogue: ‘When I sing, I can forget about my problems’
