Alcinda Honwana
Biographic Data
| ID | 827756 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alcinda Honwana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alcinda |
| FAMILY NAME | Honwana |
| SIGNATURE | HONWANA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8545-1374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Youth Struggles
The majority of young people in Africa are today living in "waithood," a prolonged, difficult, and dynamic transition into adult life. This experience is shared with an increasing number of young people in the developed North who are also grappling with issues of joblessness and political exclusion. This waithood generation is increasingly losing faith in the ability of its leaders to address young people's needs and expectations, and it is rebel…
‘Waithood’
This chapter examines the challenges of youth transitions to adulthood in Africa as an illustration of global contemporary forms of the struggle for freedom from want and freedom from fear. It explores the lives of young people struggling with unemployment and sustainable livelihoods in the context of widespread social and economic crisis. Failed neo-liberal economic policies, bad governance and political instability have caused stable jobs to di…
Children in War
This article discusses the issue of child soldiers by weaving together the threads of experiences of violence, terror and survival narrated by children directly involved in armed conflicts. Despite the fact that the majority of them have been forced to enter the military, they are not just empty vessels into whom violence is poured. Having started as victims, many are converted into perpetrators of the most violent and atrocious deeds. The articl…
Child Soldiers in Africa
In Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done.
Innocents et coupables
L'usage d'enfants-soldats dans la guerre est aujourd'hui devenu un phénomène majeur. Or, la notion même d'enfant-soldat va à l'encontre des normes établies et des représentations généralement associées à l'enfance. S'appuyant sur des récits d'enfants, ce texte avance l'hypothèse que ces jeunes combattants occupent des espaces sociaux interstitiels, entre les mondes adultes et juvéniles, qui conditionnent leurs styles de vie. Dans ces espaces ambi…
Faire et défaire la société
Makers & breakers of society: children, youth and politics in AfricaIn this introduction, the authors take up where recent work on the production of youth culture has left off: agency and the construction of life-styles. However, they refuse to relegate youth and their forms of agency to marginal sub-cultural spaces; they view youth as a social force which, while marginalized, is constituted as an distinct socio-political category
A Different Kind of War Story
Different Kind of War Story. CAROLYN NORDSTROM. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. xviii. 254 pp., figures, epilogue, bibliography, index
Healing for peace
After a long period of social and material destruction as a consequence of regional destabilisation and civil war, Mozambique has to confront both its material rehabilitation and its social reconstruction. This article analyses the social and cultural impact of the war and discusses strategies for post-war healing and social reconstruction. It examines more particularly the role that traditional practitioners and the family can play in healing th…
Youth Struggles
The majority of young people in Africa are today living in "waithood," a prolonged, difficult, and dynamic transition into adult life. This experience is shared with an increasing number of young people in the developed North who are also grappling with issues of joblessness and political exclusion. This waithood generation is increasingly losing faith in the ability of its leaders to address young people's needs and expectations, and it is rebel…
Healing for peace
After a long period of social and material destruction as a consequence of regional destabilisation and civil war, Mozambique has to confront both its material rehabilitation and its social reconstruction. This article analyses the social and cultural impact of the war and discusses strategies for post-war healing and social reconstruction. It examines more particularly the role that traditional practitioners and the family can play in healing th…
Innocents et coupables
L'usage d'enfants-soldats dans la guerre est aujourd'hui devenu un phénomène majeur. Or, la notion même d'enfant-soldat va à l'encontre des normes établies et des représentations généralement associées à l'enfance. S'appuyant sur des récits d'enfants, ce texte avance l'hypothèse que ces jeunes combattants occupent des espaces sociaux interstitiels, entre les mondes adultes et juvéniles, qui conditionnent leurs styles de vie. Dans ces espaces ambi…
Faire et défaire la société
Makers & breakers of society: children, youth and politics in AfricaIn this introduction, the authors take up where recent work on the production of youth culture has left off: agency and the construction of life-styles. However, they refuse to relegate youth and their forms of agency to marginal sub-cultural spaces; they view youth as a social force which, while marginalized, is constituted as an distinct socio-political category
Children in War
This article discusses the issue of child soldiers by weaving together the threads of experiences of violence, terror and survival narrated by children directly involved in armed conflicts. Despite the fact that the majority of them have been forced to enter the military, they are not just empty vessels into whom violence is poured. Having started as victims, many are converted into perpetrators of the most violent and atrocious deeds. The articl…
A Different Kind of War Story
Different Kind of War Story. CAROLYN NORDSTROM. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. xviii. 254 pp., figures, epilogue, bibliography, index
Healing for peace
After a long period of social and material destruction as a consequence of regional destabilisation and civil war, Mozambique has to confront both its material rehabilitation and its social reconstruction. This article analyses the social and cultural impact of the war and discusses strategies for post-war healing and social reconstruction. It examines more particularly the role that traditional practitioners and the family can play in healing th…
A Different Kind of War Story
Different Kind of War Story. CAROLYN NORDSTROM. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. xviii. 254 pp., figures, epilogue, bibliography, index
Innocents et coupables
L'usage d'enfants-soldats dans la guerre est aujourd'hui devenu un phénomène majeur. Or, la notion même d'enfant-soldat va à l'encontre des normes établies et des représentations généralement associées à l'enfance. S'appuyant sur des récits d'enfants, ce texte avance l'hypothèse que ces jeunes combattants occupent des espaces sociaux interstitiels, entre les mondes adultes et juvéniles, qui conditionnent leurs styles de vie. Dans ces espaces ambi…
Faire et défaire la société
Makers & breakers of society: children, youth and politics in AfricaIn this introduction, the authors take up where recent work on the production of youth culture has left off: agency and the construction of life-styles. However, they refuse to relegate youth and their forms of agency to marginal sub-cultural spaces; they view youth as a social force which, while marginalized, is constituted as an distinct socio-political category
Child Soldiers in Africa
In Child Soldiers in Africa Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done.
Children in War
This article discusses the issue of child soldiers by weaving together the threads of experiences of violence, terror and survival narrated by children directly involved in armed conflicts. Despite the fact that the majority of them have been forced to enter the military, they are not just empty vessels into whom violence is poured. Having started as victims, many are converted into perpetrators of the most violent and atrocious deeds. The articl…
‘Waithood’
This chapter examines the challenges of youth transitions to adulthood in Africa as an illustration of global contemporary forms of the struggle for freedom from want and freedom from fear. It explores the lives of young people struggling with unemployment and sustainable livelihoods in the context of widespread social and economic crisis. Failed neo-liberal economic policies, bad governance and political instability have caused stable jobs to di…
Youth Struggles
The majority of young people in Africa are today living in "waithood," a prolonged, difficult, and dynamic transition into adult life. This experience is shared with an increasing number of young people in the developed North who are also grappling with issues of joblessness and political exclusion. This waithood generation is increasingly losing faith in the ability of its leaders to address young people's needs and expectations, and it is rebel…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works)