ABSTRACT
Sustainable Development has become a ubiquitous discourse in contemporary times. As it revolves around the three pillars, namely economy, environment, and society, it intends to meet all-inclusive rudiments of the present and future unvaryingly. The role of children in achieving sustainable goals is profound. But children are subjected to traumatic events that scar their mental, emotional and physical growth. A study on the tactics of the incipient populists has become a need of the hour. Though populism would refer to a political movement that appeals to the ordinary people and stands for the people, citizens have to be perspicacious about the evolving maneuvers of the populists who threaten a nation’s egalitarianism system. This paper exposes the representation of trauma among children elicited by populists, curtailing the global vision of achieving sustainability, in the narrative Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. Employing the method of textual analysis, the study uses trauma theory to substantiate the arguments. The paper will specifically discuss the fragmented identity and dissociated psyche of children.
