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Military Kinship, Inc.: patronage, inter-ethnic marriages and social classes in South Sudan

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This article analyses marital practices in South Sudan’s second civil war and its aftermath. It focuses on inter-ethnic kinship military ties sealed through the patronage of marriage and through inter-ethnic marriages. It argues that the marriage market became part of the broader circuit of predation by different armed groups. Inter-ethnic marriages varied between different ethnic groups and served different goals. They were symptomatic of changing and deteriorating ethnic dynamics within the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and with the local population. Ordinary civilians attempted to resist increased inequalities on the marriage market, used by the military elite as a tool for class consolidation.

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  • Clémence Pinaud, 2016. "Military Kinship, Inc.: patronage, inter-ethnic marriages and social classes in South Sudan," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(148), pages 243-259, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:43:y:2016:i:148:p:243-259
    DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2016.1181054
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    1. Andre M. N. Renzaho & Gilbert Dachi & Kibrom Tesfaselassie & Kiross Tefera Abebe & Ismail Kassim & Qutab Alam & Nawal Sadick Shaban & Tesfatsion Shiweredo & Hari Vinathan & Chandrakala Jaiswal & Helle, 2021. "Assessing the Impact of Integrated Community-Based Management of Severe Wasting Programs in Conflict-Stricken South Sudan: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Scalability of Nutrition Emergency Response P," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-24, August.

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