1st Edition

The Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa

278 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

278 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This interdisciplinary book brings together innovative chapters that address the entire spectrum of the African peacebuilding landscape and showcases findings from original studies on peacebuilding. With a range of perspectives, the chapters cover the full gamut of peacebuilding (i.e. the continuum between conflict prevention and post-war reconstruction) and address both micro and macro... Read more

Foreword by Abdel-Fatau Musah

1. Introduction: A Social Justice Perspective of Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa

Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Amanda Coffie, Mary Boatemaa Setrana, and Akin Taiwo

2. Fractured Intimacies: Oil-Induced ‘Violence’ in the Oil-Rich Albertine Region, Western Uganda

Eria Serwajja

3. Why Peacebuilding Fails: The Experience of Managing Conflicts between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria

Patience Adzande

4. Evaluating Practices of Civil Society Organizations in the Prevention of Electoral Violence in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso

Arsène Brice Bado

5. Reconceptualising Peacebuilding: Insights from Young Women in Zimbabwe

Anna Chitando

6. Peacebuilding through Religious Training: The Case Study of Morocco’s Training Program of African Imams

Salim Hmimnat

7. Divided Peacebuilders: Christian Religious Leaders and the Search for Peace in Nigeria, 1966-1970

Jacinta Chiamaka Nwaka

8. Integrative Approach to Peacebuilding in Africa: The experience of the Kuria Community of Kenya and Tanzania

Iddy Ramadhani Magoti

9. Negotiating State Intervention in Pastoral Areas: Local Elites as Brokers for Peace

Fana Gebresenbet, Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta and Yonas Tariku

10. The Limits of Environmental Peacebuilding: Challenges to Cooperation in the Eastern Nile

Rawia Tawfik

11. Game Changers in Asymmetrical Conflicts: Zimbabwean Diaspora Media Reporting of Homeland Conflict

Tendai Chari

12. Gender Approach to Peacebuilding in Cameroon and Central African Republic: The Case Study of the Oko’o Nga’a mo (Women of Peace)

Amina Djouldé Christelle

13. The Evolving Partnership between the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States in Peacebuilding

Richard Alemdjrodo

14. Women, Peace, and Security: Investigating the Implementation of the UNSCR 1325 in Northern Kenya and its Policy Implications

Linnet Hamasi Henry

15. Conclusion: Ideas, Actors, Institutions, and Future Research Direction

Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Amanda Coffie, Mary Boatemaa Setrana, and Akin Taiwo

Biography

Thomas Kwasi Tieku is an associate professor of Political Science in King’s University College at The University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Amanda Coffie is a research fellow at the Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy, University of Ghana, Ghana.

Mary Boatemaa Setrana is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), University of Ghana, Ghana.

Akin Taiwo is an assistant professor of Social Work at King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.