Full Description
Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa:Beyond Right and Wrong expands the discourse on indigenous knowledge. With several examples and case histories, the work defines, characterizes, and explains indigenous conflict management strategies in West Africa, particularly in Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The book critically evaluates indigenous conflict management strategies with a view to determining their effectiveness in the context of the societies' history and culture, and the relevance and adaptability of these strategies in contemporary contexts. This book takes a scholarly approach, avoiding romanticizing or idealizing indigenous conflict management strategies in West Africa. It advocates a set of mechanisms by which the best elements of indigenous knowledge and skills in conflict management may be deployed to settle contemporary disputes, and made portable for adoption and adaptation by other complex societies in the region and beyond.
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction: Reconciliation and Conflict Management in West Africa through Cultural Traditions
Brandon D. Lundy and Joseph Kingsley Adjei
General and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter Two: Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in the Contemporary Age
Olutayo C. Adesina
Chapter Three: Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peacemaking in West Africa
Serwaa Brewoo and Mustapha Abdallah
Chapter Four: Border Disputes in Africa and Traditional Approaches to Resolving Them
Joan Mbagwu
Chapter Five: ". . . in the Name of the Son": the 'Son' as Scapegoat in African Literature.
Kolawole Olaiya
Ghana
Chapter Six: The Role of the Chieftaincy Institution in Ensuring Peace in Ghana from Precolonial Times to the Present
Joseph Kingsley Adjei
Chapter Seven: Colonial Justice and Conflict Management: The Case of Chief Seniagya and the Ashanti Golden Stool
Joseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. Adebayo
Chapter Eight: Homegrown Crises, Homegrow
