Postconflict reconstruction in Africa / edited by Ahmad A. Sikainga and Ousseina Alidou. - Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, c2006. - vi, 251 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

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.

1592214118 (cloth) 9781592214112 (cloth) 1592214126 (pbk.) 9781592214129 (pbk.)

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Postwar reconstruction--Africa--Case studies.
Civil war--Africa--Case studies.
Violence--Africa--Case studies.
Conflict management--Africa--Case studies.


Africa--Politics and government--1960---Case studies.
Africa--Social conditions--1960---Case studies.

DT30.5 / .P68 2006

303.6/9096