Marching the nation: an essay on the mobility of belonging among militant youngsters in Côte d’Ivoire

This programmatic paper seeks to develop a new perspective on the military-political identity and performance of militias particularly in urban environments. The militia under consideration is the Groupement Patriotique pour la Paix (GPP), one of the oldest and most prominent of the southern militia...

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Main Author: Arnaut, Karel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 2008-01-01
Series:Afrika Focus
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Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/08-21-2-KArnaut.pdf