Postconflict reconstruction in Africa / edited by Ahmad A. Sikain ga 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 d imensions of reconstruction -- Ethnicity and federalism in Somali Ethio pia: 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 Efra ime Junior -- Silent guns and talking drums: war, radio, and youth soci al healing in Sierra Leone / Ismail Rashid -- Reconstructing fragile li ves: girls' social reintegration in Northern Uganda and Sierra Leone / Susan McKay -- Demobilization and reintegration programs -- Postwar rec onstruction and the security dilemma: the challenge of disarmament, dem obilization, and reintegration in the Democratic Republic of Congo / Ta tiana 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.

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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-- Case studies.-- 1960-

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