Conflict and peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region / edited by Kenneth Omeje and Tricia Redeker Hepner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Omeje, Kenneth C.

Redeker Hepner, Tricia M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Peace-building.

Peace-building--Africa, East.

Postwar reconstruction--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Postwar reconstruction.

Postwar reconstruction--Africa, East.

Conflict management--Great Lakes Region (Africa).

Conflict management.

Conflict management--Africa, East.

Africa, East.

Physical Description:

xiii, 245 pages : 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African Great Lakes Region, primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi, has been overwhelmingly defined by conflict. Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, and an international group of scholars, many from the Great Lakes region, focus on the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace in this multidisciplinary volume. These essays present a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peacebuilding. Taken together, the essays illustrate that no single perspective or approach can adequately capture the dynamics of conflict or offer successful strategies for sustainable peace in the region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: conflict and peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje and Tricia Redeker Hepner

Understanding the diversity and complexity of conflict in the African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje

The history and politics of regionalism and integration in East Africa / Hannington Ochwada

Multipolar politics and regional integration in East Africa: opportunities and challenges for non-state actors / Doreen Alusa

Historical dynamics of northern Uganda conflict: a longitudinal struggle for nation-building / Elias Omondi Opongo

Kofi Annan's conflict resolution model and peacebuilding in Kenya / Alfred Anangwe

Justice versus reconciliation: the dilemmas of transitional justice in Kenya / Ozonnia Ojielo

Climate change and peacebuilding among pastoralist communities in northeastern Uganda and western Kenya / Julaina A. Obika and Harriet K. Bibangambah

Media sustainability in a post-conflict environment: radio broadcasting in the DRC, Burundi and Rwanda / Marie-Soleil Frère

Youth in transition: the arts and cultural resonance in post-conflict northern Uganda / Lindsay M. McClain and Tricia Redeker Hepner

Gender issues in reintegration: a feminist and rights-based analysis of the experiences of formerly abducted child mothers in northern Uganda / Eric Awich Ochen

"The ambivalence of the sacred": Christianity, genocide and reconciliation in Rwanda / Janine Natalya Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253008374

0253008379

9780253008428

0253008425

OCLC:

783167591