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Title:Manuela: a social biography of war displacement and change in Angola
Author:Roque, SandraISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Volume:26
Issue:4
Pages:371-384
Language:English
Geographic term:Angola
Subjects:displaced persons
civil wars
rural-urban relations
biographies (form)
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589000802481957
Abstract:Until 2002 and for more than 27 years, Angolans lived through several wars that forced hundreds of thousands of rural people to leave their homes and seek refuge in safer urban areas. This paper tells the story of Manuela and of her family, the Silvas, who fled civil war in the Angolan rural interior to start a displacement journey that would take them to the city of Benguela. Their story provides an example of war displacement but it also shows how the experience of displacement and the way it evolves are not only marked by the immediacy of the events - the conflict, displacement camps, humanitarian aid, and so on. They are also framed by social, economic and cultural factors that have been historically constructed, such as rural-urban relationships and perceptions of urban space. The personal experience of Manuela in particular shows how these historical constructs shape experiences of displacement and frame choices and possibilities for action and change by the displaced. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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