Violence, Politics and Conflict Management in Africa: Envisioning Transformation, Peace and Unity in the Twenty-First Century

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contributors
Contents
Chapter One - Beyond the Politics of Power and Violence
	A guide through the book
	References
Chapter Two - Double-Trouble: Reflections on the Violence of Absence and the ‘Culpability’ of the Present in Africa
	Introduction
	The Spectres of the Living Dead, Absence Presences and the Violence of Absence in Africa
	Evangelising existence of absence while creating the very absence in Africa: Retracing the duplicity of Empire
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Three - War without End? Terrorism, Policy and Conflict Management in Africa
	Introduction
	Interrogating Islam and Islamism
	Seed-bedding terror: Consequences of Somali State failure
	Kenya, Tanzania and Al-Shabaab
	Nigeria: Boko Haram
	Engaging religious fundamentalism: The African Union and new policy approaches
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Four - Violence, Identity and Politics of Belonging:T he April 2015 Afrophobic Attacks in South Africa and the Emergence of Some Discourses
	Introduction
	From xenophobia to afrophobia: On the dimensions of afrophobia
	Necklacing
	Third Force or institutionalised hatred of foreigners?
	The kwerekwere are stealing our jobs
	I am [South] African and you are ants and lice: A subversion of Ubuntu ethos
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Five - Violence, Power, Politics and (Anti-)development in Africa
	Introduction
	Recolonization by proxy and homemade black colonialists as the extension of divide and rule
	The role of parties to conflicts in resolving the conflict
	Ethnoconflicts and resources
	Reinventing new people and creating animosity
	The camouflage of divide and rule and blaming the victims by sparing the perpetrators
	Assimilation inhalation and perpetuation
	What should be done?
	References
Chapter Six - Managing Politics of Knowledge Production in Africa: Exploiting Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Increasing Synergy between Community Development and Education Sectors
	Introduction
	An exposition of Africa’s current educational philosophy
	University Education in Post-Colonial Africa
	The politics of knowledge production in Africa
	Harnessing indigenous practices in the education curriculum
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Seven - Recognition Politics and Violence in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
	Introduction
	Politics of recognition
	Causes of the violence
	Strategy of peaceful engagement
	Era of violent agitation
	Conflict resolution strategy by the Nigerian State
	Consultative Crisis Management Approach (CCMA)
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Eight - Envisaged Trends in Post-2016 African Development Agenda and their Impact on World Economic System
	Introduction
	Conceptions of Development and underdevelopment
	The nature of African economic growth and development in the 21st century
	Green Revolution
	Blue Revolution
	Industrialisation, regional and continental integration
	Infrastructure
	Natural Resources
	African demographic dividend and urbanisation
	Human development
	Gender and women empowerment
	Interconnectedness of peace, security and sustainable development
	African Union Agenda 2063
	Rising Africa and global implications
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Nine - African Indigenous Knowledge as Panacea for Conflict Management and Transformation in Africa: The Case of Ifa ́ in Nigeria
	Introduction
	Conflict management: Types, causes and solution
	Conflict resolution
	Conflict transformation
	Why conflict transformation?
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Ten - Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:1-35) as a Model for Conflict Resolution: The Case of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe
	Introduction
	Conflict at the Jerusalem Council: Acts 15
	Circumcision
	The Law of Moses
	The issue of table-fellowship
	Wording that articulates conflict in the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15)
	Threat to the unity of the Christian Community
	The Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe: An overview
	The Jerusalem Council as a model of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe
	Application of the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) to the GPA in Zimbabwe
	Mediation
	Decision with compromise
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Eleven - Ubuntu/Unhu as Communal Love: Critical Reflections on the Sociology of Ubuntu and Communal Life in sub-Saharan Africa
	Introduction
	Seeking propitious knowledge
	What Ubuntu/Unhu is and is not
	Love beyond self and individualism
	Ubuntu as communal love
	African agency for transformation through Ubuntu
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Twelve - Instrumentalisation of Traditional Institutions in Xenophobic Violence against Zimbabweans in Botswana during the New Millennium
	Introduction
	Influx of Zimbabweans into Botswana during the new millennium
	The role of the Botswana national government in flaring xenophobic sentiments against Zimbabweans
	Attitudes of Batswana traditional leaders and rural communities towards the influx of Zimbabwean migrants
	Botswana traditional authorities and rural communities versus Zimbabwean migrants
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Thirteen - Problematising Victimhood and Agency: Women and Terrorism in 21st Century
	Introduction
	Women and girls as victims of terrorism in 21st century Africa
	Exploitation of women and girls as combatants in terrorist attacks
	Voluntary participation of women in terrorist activities
	Some insights into the role of women as agents in countering terrorism in Africa
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter Fourteen - The Order of Things: Changing Identities in Eritrea through ICTs
	Introduction: The ‘Order of Things’ revisited
	Theorising Eritrean identities
	President Isaias’s speech: Innate values of resilience and resistance
	Stagnant identity: The ‘sole Eritrean’
	Social media: The emergence of duality and diversity in Eritrean identities
	Collective trauma
	Redefining ‘Eritrean’ identity
	Conclusion
	References
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