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Gulu in War … and Peace? The Town as Camp in Northern Uganda

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This paper begins by exploring the unique place of Gulu Town within the 20-year civil war in northern Uganda (1986–2006). It describes the conditions faced by the large internally displaced population of Gulu during the war and explains why the town has remained relatively stable despite the massive influx it experienced of uprooted rural Acholi. The paper explores the social changes that have occurred among the displaced population within Gulu’s tenuous urban environment, focusing on the breakdown of male, lineage-based authority and on the impact of town life on women and ex-rebels. Finally, the paper charts the changes in displacement patterns that have occurred in Gulu since the end of the war as a new landless and marginalised population seek haven in town and as social conditions and tensions, instead of improving, worsen with peace.

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  • Adam Branch, 2013. "Gulu in War … and Peace? The Town as Camp in Northern Uganda," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(15), pages 3152-3167, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:50:y:2013:i:15:p:3152-3167
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098013487777
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    1. Harvey, David, 2005. "The New Imperialism," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199278084.
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    1. Karen Büscher & Gillian Mathys, 2019. "War, Displacement and Rural–Urban Transformation: Kivu’s Boomtowns, Eastern D.R. Congo," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 31(1), pages 53-71, January.
    2. Gerhard Anders & Olaf Zenker & Adam Branch, 2014. "The Violence of Peace: Ethnojustice in Northern Uganda," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 45(3), pages 608-630, May.

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