Of Kings And Bandits
Of Kings and Bandits - the making of a child warrior by Saleh Gadi Johar
Of Kings and Bandits - the Making of a Child Warrior - recounts aspects of Eritrean history, mythology and customs from the 1970s-80s war, told from the view of Jamal, a child combatant. It confronts the notion that all child soldiers are forcibly conscripted and drugged. Told through multiple perspectives like Faulkner and Kingsolver works. Author Saleh “Gadi” Johar draws from his own disrupted childhood during the war. Ultimately shows children becoming agents of change when survival is at stake.
Of Kings and Bandits - the making of a child warrior by Saleh Gadi Johar