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Baker-Nord Center
Research Working Group Series
The Subaltern and the Poetics of War in Africa
facilitated by Gilbert Doho
The Fall 2008 Baker-Nord Research Working Group, The Subaltern and the Poetics of War in Africa, examines the role of women and child soldiers in war in Africa and the Middle East. The speakers will explore the poetic exploitation of violence on and by women and children in contemporary society, and will assess the effects of post-war trauma using literary works, films, and living testimonies.
Mending Broken Lives: Child Soldiers and the St. Monica's Girls Tailoring Center (Gulu, Uganda)
Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe
Project Coordinator, St. Monica's Girls Tailoring Center
Thursday, December 4, 2008
2:45 to 3:50 pm
Clark Hall Room 206
11130 Bellflower Road
Free public lecture
What is the impact of psychological and physical trauma to young girls abducted into slavery as child soldiers? Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe has received international recognition for her extensive and courageous work with young girls victimized by violence and civil war in Uganda. Guerillas from the Lord's Resistance Army abducted many young girls and forced them to be soldiers and sex slaves. These young women found themselves largely outcast from society, many with young babies, and with very few practical skills to provide for themselves and their children. Sr. Monica's Tailoring Center offers the young women a refuge, in addition to counseling, education and vocational skills to help reubild their lives and work toward self-sufficiency.
September 4
From Sozaboy to Beasts of No Nation: The Poetics of War in Nigeria
Gilbert Doho
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and Director of Ethnic Studies, Case Western Reserve University.
September 25
War Children: Adolescents in Postcolonial Badjoko, Dongola, Kourouma, and Montenembo Novels
Koffi Aniyefa
Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Haverford College.
Resource Guide
October 7
The Production of Meaning in the Narratives of Child Soldiers
Cilas Kemedjio
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Rochester.
October 16
Somewhere Between Chad and Congo: Lost Childhood in the Central African Republic
Cheryl Toman
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Case Western Reserve University.
November 4
Exploding Bodies: Palestinian Weapons of Destuction
Alice Bach
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University.
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