The roots of African conflicts : the causes & costs / edited by Alfred Nhema & Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nhema, Alfred G.

Zeleza, Paul Tiyambe, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Africa.

Political violence.

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--Africa.

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science).

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : James Currey ; Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; Pretoria : UNISA Press, 2008.

Summary:

Violent conflicts have exacted a heavy toll on Africa's societies, polities, and economies. This book presents African scholars' views of why conflicts start in their continent. The causes of conflict are too often examined by scholars from the countries that run the proxy wars and sell the arms to fuel them. This volume offers theoretically sophisticated, empirically grounded, and compelling analyses of the roots of African conflicts.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""List of Tables & Figures""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""List of Acronyms""; ""Introduction: The Causes & Costs of War in Africa From Liberation Struggles to the �War on Terror�""; ""Prologue: Conflict in Africa: An Overview""; ""1: When States Implode""; ""2: Multiple Complexity & Prospects for Reconciliation & Unity""; ""3: �You Don�t Belong Here�""; ""4: The Terrible Toll of Postcolonial Rebel Movements""; ""5: Fanon & the African Woman Combatant""; ""6: Fighting Locally, Connecting Globally""

""7: Legislative Responses to Terrorism & the Protection of Human Rights""""8: Conflicts & Implications for Poverty & Food Security Policies in Africa""; ""9: Two Africas? Two Ugandas?""; ""Index""

Notes:

"Published in association with OSSREA Addis Ababa."

"Zimbabwe - Lesotho - Kenya - Sudan - Uganda - The Horn of Africa"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-238) and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4299-6

OCLC:

471130855