"Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors, and Exiles" is an exploration of
the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, waged from
1961 to 1991, and the postindependence nation-building project. The
book focuses on the way the Eritrean revolution drew refugees and
exiles in the urban United States and nationalist guerrilla
fighters in the Horn of Africa together in a common, yet contested,
political agenda.Through a combination of ethnography and creative
exposition, anthropologist Tricia Redeker Hepner recounts the
experiences of Eritreans in their homeland and in the United
States, illuminating the lives of men and women who participated in
the independence movement. Highlighting both the personal and
institutional dimensions of political transformation and struggle,
the book provides insight into how the transnational nature of the
Eritrean revolution shaped diaspora communities and the
nation-state, enhancing authoritarian rule while also inspiring
resistance movements for democratization and human
rights."Soldiers, Martyrs, Traitors and Exiles" provides a moving
and trenchant critique of political intolerance and violence, as
well as an inspiring portrait of the strength and resilience of a
people whose lives have been profoundly shaped by war, forced
migration, and the promises and failures of nationalism in the
global era.
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