Violence, Politics and Conflict Manageme

Envisioning Transformation, Peace and Unity in the Twenty-First Century

Munyaradzi Mawere, Ngonidzashe Marongwe

• Publisher: Langaa RPCIG
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9789956763542
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9789956764488
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Peace & Global Development
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This volume critically interrogates, from different angles and dimensions, the resilience of conflict and violence into 21st century Africa. The demise of European colonial administration in Africa in the 1960s wielded fervent hope for enduring peace for the people of Africa. Regrettably, conflict alongside violence in all its dimensions physical, religious, political, psychological and structural remain unabated and occupy central stage in contemporary Africa. The resilience of conflict and violence on the continental scene invokes unsettling memories of the past while negatively influencing the present and future of crafting inclusive citizenship and statehood. The book provides fresh insightful ethnographic and intellectual material for rethinking violence and conflict, and for fostering long-lasting peace and political justice on the continent and beyond. With its penetrating focus on conflict and associated trajectories of violence in Africa, the book is an inestimable asset for conflict management practitioners, political scientists, historians, civil society activists and leaders in economics and politics as well as all those interested in the affairs of Africa.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contributors
• Contents
• Chapter One - Beyond the Politics of Power and Violence
• Chapter Two - Double-Trouble: Reflections on the Violence of Absence and the ‘Culpability’ of the Present in Africa
• Chapter Three - War without End? Terrorism, Policy and Conflict Management in Africa
• Chapter Four - Violence, Identity and Politics of Belonging:T he April 2015 Afrophobic Attacks in South Africa and the Emergence of Some Discourses
• Chapter Five - Violence, Power, Politics and (Anti-)development in Africa
• Chapter Six - Managing Politics of Knowledge Production in Africa: Exploiting Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Increasing Synergy between Community Development and Education Sectors
• Chapter Seven - Recognition Politics and Violence in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
• Chapter Eight - Envisaged Trends in Post-2016 African Development Agenda and their Impact on World Economic System
• Chapter Nine - African Indigenous Knowledge as Panacea for Conflict Management and Transformation in Africa: The Case of Ifa ́ in Nigeria
• Chapter Ten - Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:1-35) as a Model for Conflict Resolution: The Case of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe
• Chapter Eleven - Ubuntu/Unhu as Communal Love: Critical Reflections on the Sociology of Ubuntu and Communal Life in sub-Saharan Africa
• Chapter Twelve - Instrumentalisation of Traditional Institutions in Xenophobic Violence against Zimbabweans in Botswana during the New Millennium
• Chapter Thirteen - Problematising Victimhood and Agency: Women and Terrorism in 21st Century
• Chapter Fourteen - The Order of Things: Changing Identities in Eritrea through ICTs
• Back cover