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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791807803321

Autore

Villa-Vicencio Charles

Titolo

Walk with Us and Listen [[electronic resource] ] : Political Reconciliation in Africa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : Georgetown University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-58901-883-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

303.6/9096

341.52096

Soggetti

Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-

Conflict management -- Africa

Peace-building -- Africa

Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Africa

Reconciliation - Political aspects - Africa

Peace-building - Africa

Conflict management - Africa

Law, Politics & Government

International Relations

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Where Past and Present Meet; Prologue: Affinities and Tensions in Debate; 1 An African Journey; 2 Shared Peace; 3 From Encounter to Settlement; 4 National Conversation in South Africa; 5 Ubuntu; 6 Traditional African Reconciliation Practices; 7 Why Reconciliation Is Important; 8 Seeking Consensus; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists. The process of moving from situations of entrenched oppression, armed conflict, open warfare, and mass atrocities toward peace and reconciliation requires a series of small steps and compromises to open the way for the kind of dialogue and negotiation that make political stability, the beginning of democracy, and the rule of law a possibility.



For over forty years, Charles Villa-Vicencio has been on the front lines of Africa's battle for racial equality. In Walk with Us and Listen, he argues that reconciliation needs honest talk