Engaging the voices of girls in the aftermath of Sierra Leone's Conflict: Experiences and perspectives in a culture of violence

Anthropologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-85

  Denov, Myriam ^a   Maclure, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; Children and war; Sierra leone; War affected girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746586181     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25605298     Document Type: Article

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