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Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana

Authors: SOTUNSA Mobolanle , Francis Jegede, Abiodun A. Kolade

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Pan African University Press, Austin Texas

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It is often said that the end of a war is the beginning of another one. This paper explores war and its multidimensional impacts on women and children. this is coroborated by the 1998/1999 International Committee of Red Cross report titled 'Women and War,' which submitted that 80% of casualities of war are women and children who never have the political power to prevent it. No doubt, violent conflicts usually engulf residential areas in war-ravaged towns and cities rather than frontline areas. the research employs a qualitative approach in investigating both psychological and physical effects of war on women and children in Africa. Using Tadjo's 'The Shadow of Imana,' this paper investigates cheapening of human lives, psychiological and physical injuries, disability, epidemic diseases, rape, prostitution, moral and spiritual decline, social and cultural losses, child soldering, familly seperation, violence and social dislocations that are the direct results of wiolent conflicts in Africa. The paper reveals that women and children on whose behalf wars are negotiated are victims of death and deprivation brought about by clashes that sweep across conflict zones. It was, therefore, recommended that conflicts or potential conflicts should be nipped in the bud before they snowball to full scale war. Again, Africa-based organizations concerned with peace keeping assignment should be established to take care of victims of war especially children and women who suffer the worst forms of humiliation and dehumanizations during such conflicts.

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SOTUNSA,M. Francis,O.J Abiodun,A.K . (2017). Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana, 1 (), 11-11.

SOTUNSA,M. Francis,O.J Abiodun,A.K . "Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana" 1, no (), (2017): 11-11.

SOTUNSA,M. and Francis,O.J and Abiodun,A.K and . (2017). Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana, 1 (), pp11-11.

SOTUNSAM, FrancisOJ, AbiodunAK, . Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana. 2017, 1 ():11-11.

SOTUNSA,Mobolanle , Francis,O. Jegede, and Abiodun,A. Kolade . "Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana", 1 . (2017) : 11-11.

S.Mobolanle F.O. Jegede & A.A. Kolade , "Women and Children as Victims of War in Tadjo’s Shadow of Imana" vol.1, no., pp. 11-11, 2017.

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