Traditional cures for modern conflicts : African conflict "medicine" /
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000. |
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| Description: | ix, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SAIS African studies library SAIS African studies library (Boulder, Colo.) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4117998 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: African Traditional Conflict "Medicine"
- Part 1. Managing Conflict in Traditional African Societies
- 2. Social Relations and Peacekeeping Among the Igbo
- 3. Bases of Traditional Conflict Management Among the Buems of the Ghana-Togo Border
- 4. Conflict Prevention and Resolution Among the Fulbe
- 5. West Coast Diplomacy Among the Akan and Their Neighbors
- 6. Indigenous Processes of Conflict Resolution in Oromo Society
- 7. Reaching Out: A Dinka Principle of Conflict Management
- Part 2. Other Traditional Approaches to Reconciliation
- 8. Rituals of Forgiveness and Processes of Empowerment in Lebanon
- 9. Contrasts in Conflict Management in Cleveland and Palestine
- 10. Traditional Conflict Management in Africa and China
- Part 3. Applying Traditional Methods to Modern Conflict Management
- 11. Xhosa Practices of Ubuntu for South Africa
- 12. Traditional Conflict Management in Contemporary Somalia
- 13. Applying Traditional Methods to Modern Conflict: Possibilities and Limits
- 14. Conclusions: Changes in the New Order and the Place for the Old
- Bibliography
- The Contributors
- Index
- About the Book