Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Ahmad Sikainga And Ousseina Alidou -- Ethnocultural dimensions of reconstruction -- Ethnicity and federalism in Somali Ethiopia: what autonomy? / Abdi Samatar -- Rethinking the nation in postwar reconstruction in Niger Republic / Ousseina Alidou -- Ethnic cleansing and civil society in Kenya, 1969-1992 / E.S. Atieno Odhiambo -- Gender and generation -- "Failure is an orphan": postconflict peace education and war-affected children in Mozambique / Antoinette Errante, Boia Efraime Junior -- Silent guns and talking drums: war, radio, and youth social healing in Sierra Leone / Ismail Rashid -- Reconstructing fragile lives: girls' social reintegration in Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone / Susan McKay -- Demobilization and reintegration programs -- Postwar reconstruction and the security dilemma: the challenge of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Tatiana Carayannis -- The role of law in Zimbabwe's political transition / Norma Kriger -- Political and economic basis of reconstruction -- The voice of civil society in the rebuilding of Burundi / Anthony Ngosi.