The Palgrave Handbook of Violence in Africa

Obert Bernard Mlambo, Ezra Chitando

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9783031407536
• eBook ISBN: 9783031407543
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: African History
• Index: Social Sciences

This handbook brings together global research on violence in Africa from academics, practitioners and activists across a multitude of subjects. It seeks to create the widest possible space for debate, discussion, and analysis of the broad range of issues and problems of violence. It transcends disciplinary and geographic borders in order to create new ground in this space. The chapters in this handbook cover diverse themes such as: the topography of violence, technologies of violence, terrorism, civil war and insurgent violence, child soldiers and violence, epistemic violence, structural violence, violence and memory, violence and the law, cultural mechanisms for creating, sustaining, resisting, and mitigating violence, political violence, violence in moments of religious, social and geo-political transformation, gender and violence, violence against nature, and violence and social media. It centralises new meanings, understandings and fresh ideas to the concept ofviolence, broadening its scope, and contributing to the debates that will shape Africa's common future. It shines a light on key elements of African culture and the cultural mechanisms for creating, sustaining, resisting, and mitigating violence in Africa. It strives to be relevant to the needs and concerns of African societies by suggesting practical solutions for overcoming violence. This book ties in with development initiatives in Africa, such as Agenda 2063, for the Africa We Want, and the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Violence in Africa: A General Introduction
• Conceptualizing Violence in Africa
• The State and Violence in Africa
• Children, Youth and Violence
• Nature, Religion and Cultural Violence in Africa
• Gender and Violence in Africa
• Violence, Memory and the Law in Africa
• Preventing Violent Conflict in Africa
• Conclusion
• Back Matter