In "Child Soldiers in Africa" Alcinda Honwana brings her firsthand experience with child soldiers in Angola and Mozambique to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done.

1. Civil Wars in Mozambique and Angola
2. Historical and Social Contexts
3. Recruitment and Initiation
4. Young Women
5. Healing Child Soldiers and Their Communities
6. Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past

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