Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Africa: From Slavery Days to Rwandan Genocide

by John Laband

Book Overview

In most accounts of warfare, civilians suffer cruelties and make sacrifices silently and anonymously. This volume details the dismal impact war has had on the African people over the past five hundred years, from slavery days, the Zulu War, World Wars I and II, to the horrific civil wars following decolonization and the genocide in Rwanda.

In most accounts of warfare, civilians suffer cruelties and make sacrifices silently and anonymously...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313335400
• ISBN13: 9780313335402
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"