Seeds of new hope : pan-African peace studies for the 21st century / edited by Matt Meyer and Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo.

Other author Meyer, Matt.
Other author Ndura-Ouédraogo, Elavie.
Format Book
Publication InfoTrenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 376 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword / by Kenneth David Kaunda -- Introduction: Africa at a crossroads / by Matt Meyer and Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo -- Planting the seeds: contexts for potential hope -- Seeds of new hope / Bill Sutherland -- Some thoughts on nonviolence / Judith Atiri -- Ubuntu and African conceptions of peace and reconciliation / Horace G. Campbell -- Waves of nonviolence and the new revolutionary movements / Jørgen Johansen -- From Haiti, 1804 to Nagasaki to Iraq: fidelity to humanity is the only way to peace and justice / Jacques Depelchin -- War, globalization, and reproduction / Silvia Federici -- Solidarity struggles: African Americans, Africans in America, and the fight for immigrant rights / Nunu Kidane -- Roots causes of peacelessness and approaches to peace in Africa / Yash Tandon -- We wanted peace: African women's initiatives for peace / Shelley Anderson -- Working the land: contemporary issues in African peace studies -- The four horsemen of the apocalypse: structural causes of crisis and violence in Africa / Laurie Nathan -- Conflict resolution in Africa: a comparative empirical analysis / Richard Jackson -- Be/coming home girls: beyond victims-power and agency for African and other women / Bernadette Muthien -- The role of gender in conflict prevention: an examination of four conflict-ridden countries: Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sudan / Judith Atiri -- Resistance and the transnational fight for LGBT rights in Africa / Chesterfield Samba -- Expand the list! Life over debt and the eradication of African poverty / Imani Countess -- Redesigning peace in Africa: overview of the Great Lakes conflict / Raïs Neza Boneza -- Under the palaver tree: a moratorium on the importation, exportation, and manufacture of light weapons / Andrew Murray.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008032708
ISBN1592216625 (hardcover)
ISBN9781592216628 (hardcover)
ISBN1592216633 (paper back)
ISBN9781592216635 (paper back)

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Joyner General Stacks JZ 5584.A35 S44 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold