Societies in Transition

Sub-Saharan Africa between Conflict and Reconciliation

242 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The second volume of the trans-disciplinary series “Research in Peace and Reconciliation” looks at ways of dealing with the past in Sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades and highlights the variety of peaceful strategies and processes. It asks to what extent this variety fosters the development of alternative methods for the transformation of violent conflict.The contributions focus on different African countries and regions as Chad, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. They take into account the influence of particular cultural contexts on processes of reconciliation. In doing so, they emphasize the importance of religions, rites, and tribal customs as well as the complex legacy of colonialism. They also look at the presentation of the topic in Western media.Many thanks go to the Ernst-Abbe-Foundation (Jena) for its generous support of the publication.

• Reihe: Research in Peace and Reconciliation (RIPAR)
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum
• ISBN: 9783525560181
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.07.2014
• Größe: 23.8 x 16.2 cm
• Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Mitherausgegeben von: Benoît Bourgine
• Herausgegeben von: Martin Leiner
• Mitherausgegeben von: Martin Leiner, Maria Palme, Helga Dickow, Willem Fourie, Gladys Ganiel, Joram Tarusarira, Rachel Oluseye Iyanda, Hellen Lamunu, Ralf K. Wüstenberg, Andreas Freytag, Sarah Langlotz, Ben Khumalo-Seegelken, Reinhart Kößler, Semahagn Gashu Abele, Emmanuel Gamoe Kla George, Maria Palme, Peggy Stoeckner, Francois Dermange, Dennis Doyle, Matthias Gockel, Makoto Mizutani, Arie Nadler, David Tombs