African Ethnicity: History, Conflict Management, Resolution and Prevention
This volume makes a vivid and thorough discussion on ethnicity in Africa in terms of history and the management, resolution and prevention of conflicts. The book walks the reader through some examples of ethnic conflicts to prove the universality of ethnic complexities, and cogently advises against any moral and scholarly withdrawal from issues concerning African ethnicity. It also examines efforts ranging from diplomacy, mediation, arbitration, and enforcement to forceful intervention. The...
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This volume makes a vivid and thorough discussion on ethnicity in Africa in terms of history and the management, resolution and prevention of conflicts. The book walks the reader through some examples of ethnic conflicts to prove the universality of ethnic complexities, and cogently advises against any moral and scholarly withdrawal from issues concerning African ethnicity. It also examines efforts ranging from diplomacy, mediation, arbitration, and enforcement to forceful intervention. The discussion commends these efforts but stresses that conflict prevention is the better means of addressing conflict issues in Africa and elsewhere.Author Biography: Agyemang Attah-Poku is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Languages at the State University of New York-Old Westbury. Booknews Discusses ethnicity in Africa in terms of history and the management, resolution, and prevention of conflicts. Groups some 700 ethnic groups that exist in Africa into six main categories, looks at how ethnicity was used to organize and protect chiefdoms and empires in the past, and inquires into why ethnicity has become more destructive in contemporary Africa. Investigates these questions using the imperial, the liberal, and Marxist models, and finds the liberal model to be the most applicable. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
DedicationList of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Ethnic History and Composition21Ch. 3Role of Ethnicity in the Past45Ch. 4Paradigms of Ethnicity and Contemporary Ethnic Ramifications53Ch. 5Conflict Management and Resolution75Ch. 6Conflict Prevention101Ch. 7Conclusion133Bibliography139Index149
\ BooknewsDiscusses ethnicity in Africa in terms of history and the management, resolution, and prevention of conflicts. Groups some 700 ethnic groups that exist in Africa into six main categories, looks at how ethnicity was used to organize and protect chiefdoms and empires in the past, and inquires into why ethnicity has become more destructive in contemporary Africa. Investigates these questions using the imperial, the liberal, and Marxist models, and finds the liberal model to be the most applicable. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
