Citation

Harroff-Tavel M. Int. Rev. Red Cross (1961) 1998; 38(322): 5-20.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, International Committee of the Red Cross)

DOI

10.1017/S0020860400090732

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In Somalia, a group of young actors, musicians and scriptwriters are working on a play which is to be produced, filmed and distributed in the form of a video throughout the country. One scene shows a young militiaman boasting of how he has terrorized the population and the reaction of the woman he loves. She evokes the suffering caused by his conduct and refuses to marry a man who has disregarded the code of honour of his clan. This creative work contains a message for young militiamen about the effect of unbridled violence on both its victims and its perpetrators.

Language: en