BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3750-036b998c9f652a1be35553b5a528a318@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260808T140902Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T133000 SUMMARY:African Studies Brown Bag Series Presents: Irene Momanyi DESCRIPTION:\n'\;Historicizing and Politicizing Child Survivors of th e Genocide Against the Tutsi'\;\n\n"\;Literary studies on postcol onial traumas and memories have long overlooked children&rsquo\;s voices . However\, with the significant role played by child soldiers in civil wars in various parts of Africa\, authors began to adopt child perspecti ves\, or feature children as main protagonists. The publication of texts such as Ken Saro Wiwa&rsquo\;s Sozaboy (1995)\, Ahmadou Kourouma&rsquo\ ;s Allah n&rsquo\;est pas obligé\; (2000)\, and Emmanuel Dongala&r squo\;s Johnny chien mé\;chant (2002) brought attention to the sco urge of child-soldiers in the many devastating civil wars in Africa.\n\n The study of such fiction texts has generated important debates on issue s such as testimony\, trauma and memory\, that relate to the experience of children in violent contexts. Nevertheless\, testimonies by child vic tims of violence in Africa are yet to receive substantial attention in l iterary criticism on trauma and memory.\n\nIn this talk\, I make a case for the inclusion of children&rsquo\;s voices in the growing field of po stcolonial trauma studies. Drawing on a testimonial account by a child s urvivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi\, Gé\;nocidé\ ;\, I argue that child perspectives challenge discourses that tend to in fantilize\, dehistoricize\, and depoliticize children.\n\nBy highlightin g the links between their experiences and the history of Rwanda\, as wel l as the political ideologies that led to the genocide\, I contend that child testimonies subvert conventional literary and media representation s that emphasize innocence\, vulnerability\, and resiliency over concret e actions to meet child survivors&rsquo\; psychological and material nee ds. Ultimately\, I argue that child survivors are invaluable historical witnesses\, whose perspectives call for a reassessment of dominant analy tical frameworks in trauma studies."\;\n\nTo attend virtually\, plea se register for this event at: \;https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/registe r/tJUtcumrqj0vHtGlw-IOMZgE4Byj8jkcl5z2\n\nFor more details: https://even ts.la.psu.edu/event/african_studies_brown_bag_series_presents_irene_moma nyi/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

'Historiciz ing and Politicizing Child Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi&# 39;

"Literary studies on postcolonial traumas and memori es have long overlooked children’s voices. However, with the signi ficant role played by child soldiers in civil wars in various parts of A frica, authors began to adopt child perspectives, or feature children as main protagonists. The publication of texts such as Ken Saro Wiwa&rsquo ;s Sozaboy (1995), Ahmadou Kourouma’s Allah n’est pas oblig& eacute; (2000), and Emmanuel Dongala’s Johnny chien méchant (2002) brought attention to the scourge of child-soldiers in the many d evastating civil wars in Africa.

The study of such fiction te xts has generated important debates on issues such as testimony, trauma and memory, that relate to the experience of children in violent context s. Nevertheless, testimonies by child victims of violence in Africa are yet to receive substantial attention in literary criticism on trauma and memory.

In this talk, I make a case for the inclusion of chi ldren’s voices in the growing field of postcolonial trauma studies . Drawing on a testimonial account by a child survivor of the 1994 genoc ide against the Tutsi, Génocidé, I argue that child perspe ctives challenge discourses that tend to infantilize, dehistoricize, and depoliticize children.

By highlighting the links between the ir experiences and the history of Rwanda, as well as the political ideol ogies that led to the genocide, I contend that child testimonies subvert conventional literary and media representations that emphasize innocenc e, vulnerability, and resiliency over concrete actions to meet child sur vivors’ psychological and material needs. Ultimately, I argue that child survivors are invaluable historical witnesses, whose perspectives call for a reassessment of dominant analytical frameworks in trauma stu dies."

To attend virtually, please register for this event at : https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcumrqj0vHtGl w-IOMZgE4Byj8jkcl5z2

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/african_studies_brown_bag_series_pre sents_irene_momanyi/

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