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Birangona: towards ethical testimonies of sexual violence during conflict

Mookherjee, N.; Keya, N.

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N. Keya



Abstract

Labonno/Labony needs to do a school project on family memories of 1971, the Bangladesh War. When coming to ask her grandmother, she wakes the latter from one of her frequent nightmares. What follows is her grandmother’s (Nanu/Rehana) narration of the history of ‘birangona’ (brave women), the term given by the Bangladesh government in 1971 to honour the women who had been raped during the war. Her mother, Hena, also tells her of the Oral History Project through which they tried to collect testimonies. This leads them to talk about the various points that need to be covered for an ethical guidance to record testimonies of sexual violence during conflict (svc). But hidden in these discussions of the guidelines Labonno discovers an intricate secret family history. What could that secret be? What would Labonno feel when she hears of that secret? What will Labonno do in the future about her family and the nation’s history?

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Mookherjee, N., & Keya, N. (2019). Birangona: towards ethical testimonies of sexual violence during conflict. Durham University. https://doi.org/10.15128/r1sb3978287

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Jan 1, 2019
Deposit Date Nov 18, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 18, 2019
Publisher Durham University
DOI https://doi.org/10.15128/r1sb3978287
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1121389
Publisher URL http://www.ethical-testimonies-svc.org.uk

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