Voicing African Voices

Author

Hideyuki Okano

Hideyuki Okano is a Senior Researcher at Ritsumeikan University. He has published several articles and book chapters on African wars, African politics and youth issues in Africa. Okano conducted cross-border fieldwork in Sierra Leone and Liberia. He recently began his field research on business and activities of armed groups on the Thailand–Myanmar border.

Africa History Peace & Security Politics

Politics of Human Network in African Conflicts

by Hideyuki Okano

Kamajor/The Cdf in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone experienced 11 years’ civil war after the incursion of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) from adjacent Liberia.…

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