Category: Publications

New Publication – Soweto’s Female Comrades: Gender, Youth and Violence in South Africa’s Township Uprisings, 1984-1990

Emily Bridger’s latest publication, which explores the involvement of female youth in South Africa’s liberation struggle, is now available from the Journal of Southern African Studies. ‘Soweto’s Female Comrades: Gender, Youth and Violence in South Africa’s Township Uprisings, 1984-1990’. Abstract: Previous literature on South Africa’s township uprisings has overlooked girls and young women’s involvement in …

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Serge Chakhotin’s The Rape of the Masses (1939): the development of European propaganda c.1914-1960 and the Algerian War of Independence

In 2011 Neil MacMaster,  University of East Anglia (UK) wrote a detailed article on the influence of the Russian scientist Serge Chakhotin on the development of psychological warfare. This remains unpublished, however you can read it in full with this link Russian scientist Serge Chakhotin Extract In Paris on the eve of the Second World War …

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The Prosecution of Rape in Wartime: Evidence from the Mau Mau Rebellion, Kenya 1952–60

The latest publication from David M. Anderson and Julianne Weis is available to read online The Prosecution of Rape in Wartime: Evidence from the Mau Mau Rebellion, Kenya 1952–60 Extract In July 2012, a landmark hearing before the High Court in London found that the British government had a case to answer concerning human rights abuses, including torture and rapes, …

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