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"This book provides a comparative and critical study of the issues involving military veterans and land expropriation, focusing on the two cases of the client-army era of the first-century BC Roman Republic and contemporary Africa. Obert Bernard Mlambo centralizes culture and the body of the soldier, while examining the cultural production of images and representations of masculinity, to advance theoretical thoughts on war, masculinity and violence. His analysis of these historical and contemporary cases serves to identify the cultural logic that connects masculinity, violence and expropriation. Mlambo employs a transcultural comparative approach which is based on one constant found in both societies, namely land expropriation. Such appropriation takes place in the context of war-ingrained masculinities, often articulated within the overarching framework of patriarchy. In discussing the issue of claims for rewards or compensation for veterans in the context of war, and their consequences -- expropriation, confiscations, violence, etc. -- this book fosters a deeper understanding of these social processes, adding an important facet to the study of masculinities and military violence. What is revealed is that a non-Western cultural perspective can broaden the understanding of classics and can illuminate the discussion of veterans, war, masculinity, violence, land and gender in a classical culture."--

Foreword by Professor Stathis Kalyvas, Oxford -- SECTION A: Technologies of Violence in Africa -- 1. Systemic and Epistemic Violence in Africa; Patricia Pinky Ndlovu: Chair of Sociology and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Professor and Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa and Vice-Dean of Research in the "Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence" -- 2. Theoretical underpinnings of violence in Africa; Clive Tendai Zimunya: Lecturer of Philosophy and Obert Bernard Mlambo, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and History -- 3. Technologies of Violence in Africa; Obert Bernard Mlambo, Associate Professor of Classical Studies and History and Wesley Mwatwara, Historian -- 4. Of Exile as Violence in Lewis Nkosi's Thought; Tendayi Sithole, Department of Political Sciences -- 5. Africa and violence: the metamorphosis and the participation of Child soldiers in conflict zones; Toyin Cotties Adetiba, Department of Political and International Studies -- 6. Structural violence and resource curse in Angola -- 7. Violence against nature in Africa: a historical assessment; Marlino Eugénio Mubai, History, Environmental and Political Ecology -- SECTION B: The State and Violence in Africa -- 8. Understanding Electoral Violence in Africa; Matlosa Khabele, African Union Commission Director for Political Affairs -- 9. Understanding violence from an interpersonal perspective: The case of Zimbabwe and state sponsored violence; Chenai G. Matshaka, Centre for Mediation in Africa and Ruth Murambadoro, the Centre for Feminist Research -- 10. 'Dirge to Slit Bodies': EndSARS, Police Brutality and Nigerian Dystopia in Jumoke Verissimo and James Yéku's Soro Soke: When Poetry Speaks Up; Ayokunmi O. Ojebode, the Institute for Name-Studies (INS) -- 11. The Silent Violence in Africa- Manifestations of Political Violence; Annie Barbara Chikwanha, Politics and International Relations -- 12. Beyond ethnicity: Reflections on the history and politics of violence in Uganda; Evarist Ngabirano, the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) -- 13. Ungoverned Space and National Security in Nigeria; Arinze Ngwube, Department of Political Science -- 14. Bound to violence? Interrogating violence in Francophone African literatures; G. Ncube, Stellenbosch University -- SECTION C: Children, Youth and Violence -- 15. Child Soldiers, Conflict and Cultures of Violence in Contemporary Africa, c.1980-2000s; Stacey Hynd, African History and Co-Director of the Centre for Imperial & Global History -- 16. Youth, Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons and Conflicts in 21st Century Africa; Babayo Sule, Department of Political Science and Ibrahim Kawuley, Department of Political Science -- 17. Youth, Violence and Political Accumulation: Urban militias in Harare; Simbarashe Gukurume, Sociology and Social Anthropology and Godfrey Maringira, Sol Plaatje University -- 18. "Even the Holy Book Recommends it"? Corporal Punishment, the Bible and Sacred Violence in Southern Africa; Ezra Chitando, Phenomenology and History of Religion -- 19. "Even the Holy Book Recommends it"? Corporal Punishment, the Bible and Sacred Violence in Southern Africa; Ezra Chitando, Phenomenology and History of Religion -- SECTION D: Violence, Memory and the Law in Africa -- 20. Discourses on Political Violence and State Legitimation in Official Commissions of Inquiry in Africa; Claire-Anne Lester, Stellenbosch University (Legal Sociology, Political Transitions, Transitional Justice); 21. Remembrance as a confrontation of violence? A religio-ethical consideration of the role of memory in a Zimbabwe established and ruled by violence; Collium Banda, Theology; 22. Geographies of Violence and Informalization: The Case of Mathare Slums in Nairobi, Kenya; Maurice Omollo, Maasai Mara Universit and Solomon Waliaula, Maasai Mara University -- 23. Piracy and Violence off the Coast of Nigeria: A Theoretical Analysis; Kalu Kingsley, the Cultural Heritage Preservation Research Institute -- 24. Incest as Dismissal: Anthropology and Clinics of Silence; Parfait D. Akana, Sociologist & Anthropologist -- 25. Violence and post-coloniality in contemporary Zimbabwean literature: the works of Chenjerai Hove; Oliver Nyambi, University of the Free State -- SECTION E: Religion and Cultural Violence in Africa -- 26. In God's Name: Drivers of Violent Extremism in the Northeast Nigeria; Jacinta Chiamaka Nwaka, Peace and Conflict History -- 27. The Epistemic Scaffolding of Religious Violence; Kizito Kiyimba, SJ -- 28. Life transforming Intercultural Pastoral Care and Counseling with transgender and intersex communities in Botswana; Tshenolo Madigele: Theology Lecturer and Oabona Sepora: Institute of Development Management -IDM -- 29. Enchanted Worldviews and Violence Against Persons with Albinism in Sub-Saharan Africa; Francis Benyah, The Study of Religions -- 30. Violence against persons with albinism in Malawi; Jones Hamburu Mawerenga, Systematic Theology, Christian Ethics, and African Theology -- SECTION F: Gender and Violence in Africa; 31. Sexual Violence Against Girls and Women in African Conflict; Veronica Fynn Bruey, Legal Studies -- 32. Persisting inequalities: An intersectional view of climate change, gender and violence; Mary Nyasimi, Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa and Veronica Nonhlanhla Jakarasi -- 33. Violence against Women in Egypt: A Closer Look at Female Genital Mutilation and Intimate Partner Violence; Yasmin Khodary -- 34. Gender based violence in Ghana:experiences of persons with disabilities in two selected areas; Mantey Efua Esaaba, Social Work -- 35. African Diaspora Women Perpetuating Violence Against Men in the United Kingdom; Nomatter Sande -- 36. Adolescent Boys, Young Men and Mental Health in Southern Africa; Mutsawashe Chitando: Public Health, Health Economics Unit and Division -- SECTION G: Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa -- 37. Developing a Framework for Ending Violence in Africa; David Kaulemu, Philosophy -- 38. Confronting dysfunctional military violence in Africa's electoral spaces: A call for specialised civilian oversight institutions; James Tsabora, Law in the Faculty of Law -- 39. Managing electoral violence through constructive use of social media: Transforming and empowering vulnerable urban youth in Kenya; Joyce W. Gikandi: Christine W. Njuguna, Joan Kabaria- Muriithi, Lucy Kathuri-Ogola -- 40. Managing Conflict in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for the African Union;Victor H Mlambo: University of Johannesburg School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy, Ernest Toochi Aniche, Department of Political Science, and Mandla Mfundo Masuku, School of Built Environment and Development Studies -- 41. Through the Afrocentricity Lens: Terror and Insurgency and Implications for Regional Integration in Southern Africa: Reference from Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique; Daniel N. Mlambo, Tshwane University of Technology -- 42. Insurgency in Mozambique: Incorporating NATO's Article 5 to the Region's Quest for Collective Defence;Victor H Mlambo: University of Johannesburg School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy, and Mfundo Mandla Masuku: School of Built Environment and Development Studies, and Daniel N. Mlambo: Department of Public Management.

Part I. African Masculinities: Theoretical Explorations -- 1: Introduction: Men and Masculinities in Africa -- 2: African Masculinities and the Question of the Men/Non-Men -- 3: Hegemonic Masculinity and African Studies of Men and Masculinities -- 4: Men and Masculinity studies in Eastern Africa: Towards Endogenous Theoretical Perspectives -- 5: 'Emergent Masculinities' in Africa: The Case of Sierra Leone -- 6: "Man-Africanism," African Women and the Field of Masculinities: Some Reflections -- 7: Men in Women's Circles: Conceding Epistemological Privilege?- 8: The Transformative Masculinities Agenda in Africa: Confessions of an Activist -- Part II: African Masculinities and Embodiment -- 9: Emerging alternative young black masculinities in South Africa -- 10: Living as a Blind Man in Zambia -- 11: Masculine Identities and Circumcision -- 12: Men and Football in Africa -- 13: Masculinities and Racial Terms of Belonging in Post-Colonial Tunis -- Part III: African Masculinities in the Arts -- 14: Making Men: The Portrayal of Masculinity in Nigerian Children's Literature.-15: Masculinity, Militarism and Deconstruction of National Identity in Purple Hibiscus -- 16: The Problem of 'Redemptive Masculinity' in Purple Hibiscus -- 17: Two Sides of a Coin? Rethinking the Ideology of Male Gender Violence Within the Prism of Two Nigerian Plays -- 18: The Nigerian Big Man Figure in I Do Not Come to You By Chance -- 19: Queer Masculinities in North African Literature -- Part IV: African Masculinities and Religiosity: New Testament Masculinities in African Christianity -- 20: Religious Men in Contemporary Times in Zambia: Representations of Pentecostal Pastors in Public Media -- 20: African Pentecostal spiritual men in the United Kingdom­­­ -- 22: Masculinities, marriage and ministry: The Construction of 'Umfundisi' in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa -- 23: Islam and Masculinities in Nigeria -- 24: Perceptions of masculinity among pious members of Egypt's Episcopal community -- Part V: African Masculinities and Femininities -- 25: The Conception of Masculinity between Constancy and Change -- 26: Female masculinity and breadwinner femininity in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania -- 28: Understanding Zimbabwean men's involvement in abortion -- 28: Changing Masculinities and Femininities for Zimbabwe's Development: A Philosophical Examination -- 29: Interrogating African Communitarianism from a Feminist Perspective -- 30: Men in the Academy: Male Teachers as Mentors in Liberia -- Part VI: African Masculinities and Violence -- 31: Military Masculinities and Violence in Africa -- 32: Liberation War Veterans and Masculinity in Zimbabwe -- 33: Men in Politics in Lesotho and Political Masculinity -- 34: At the Intersection of Prisons, Masculinities and Violence: Patterns of Masculinities within Correctional Service Settings in Lesotho -- 35: Masculinity, Gender and Identity in the Nigerian Military -- 36: Of violence, paternalistic care and instrumental kinship -- 37: Masculinity and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Same-Sex Relationships in Kenya -- Part VII: African Masculinities and Queer Identities -- 38: Dress Codes as Constructs of Male Masculinities in Northern Ghana -- 39: Perilous Dressing: The Fashion Politics of Nigeria's Male Barbie -- 40: Men who love other men in Malawi -- 41: Gay Men's Relationships with their Mothers -- 42: Changing Religious Attitudes towards Gay Men in Southern Africa -- 43: Gossip, marginality, and movement among gay men in Tanzania -- Part VIII: African Masculinities and Health -- 44: Masculinity and Suicide -- 45: Adolescent Boys, Young Men and Mental Health in Southern Africa -- 46: Men and Health in Africa -- 47: The role of education in shaping healthy adolescent masculinities in ESA region -- 48: Exploring Fitness Culture and Food -- 49: Supplementation through the Lenses of Hyper-Masculinity -- Part IX: African Masculinities, Family and Work -- 50: Entrepreneurial Masculinities in Nairobi's low-income Neighbourhoods -- 51: Disrupting hegemonic masculinity(ies): unpicking urban men's livelihood survival strategies in Ghana -- 52: Theorizing a Necessary Link: Masculinity and Social Sustainability in African Contexts -- 53: Towards Familial Roles, Culture and Socio-economic Transformations: Men and Child Care in Botswana -- 54: "I am Father": Narratives of paternal (dis)connections in South Africa and Guinea -- 55: Fatherhood in Urban South Africa: The (un)making of the "poor black man" as the absentee father in South African media.