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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957074603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : James Currey

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press

Pretoria, : UNISA Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8214-4299-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NhemaAlfred G

ZelezaTiyambe <1955->

Disciplina

303.6/40967

Soggetti

Political violence - Africa

Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) - Africa

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with OSSREA Addis Ababa."

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

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

""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""

Sommario/riassunto

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.