Gulu in War … and Peace? The Town as Camp in Northern Uganda

Datos Bibliográficos

ID17490225
AutoresAdam Branch (0000-0001-7907-2493, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen50
Número15
Páginas3152-3167
Fecha de publicación2013-05-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042098013487777
OpenAlexW2154489264
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas52
Referencias citadas11

This paper begins by exploring the unique place of Gulu Town within the 20-year civil war in northern Uganda (1986–2006). It describes the conditions faced by the large internally displaced population of Gulu during the war and explains why the town has remained relatively stable despite the massive influx it experienced of uprooted rural Acholi. The paper explores the social changes that have occurred among the displaced population within Gulu’s tenuous urban environment, focusing on the breakdown of male, lineage-based authority and on the impact of town life on women and ex-rebels. Finally, the paper charts the changes in displacement patterns that have occurred in Gulu since the end of the war as a new landless and marginalised population seek haven in town and as social conditions and tensions, instead of improving, worsen with peace

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