Trajectórias e experiências dos jovens desmobilizados no Serviço Militar: relatos a partir da Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present research project is ethnographic in nature and sought to analyse experiences and trajectories of young people demobilized in the Military Service in Mozambique, in Maputo City. The empirical data for this research was collected during three months of fieldwork fieldwork, in Maputo City, with young demobilized soldiers of the SM, based on the ethnographic method, which was developed using the techniques of direct observation informal conversations and semi-structured interviews. The research is based on the theoretical perspective of interpretativism. O interpretivism allowed us to understand the narratives and discourses produced by young people about their lives before entering the Armed Forces for National Defence (FADM) and after they became demobilised. The results of the present research project allow us to perceive that young people demobilised from the Military Service have faced difficulties in reintegrating into a civilian and professional life. For this reason some young people look at the period of period of Military Service as a real delay in time, given the real situations situations faced by them during and after their service. In this case, it is observed that young people, despite making up the majority of the country's population, have been been left off the political agenda, with various difficulties, including access to employment, fundamental employment, fundamental and social rights. What can be seen from the data is that young people, after the demobilization return to their areas of origin with no direction and no way of organising their lives, factors conducive to deviant behaviour. This study is in line with the ideas of Honwana (2014) who argues that many young Africans live in the twilight zone without sustainable livelihoods. The young people are finding it very difficult to gain access to status.

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