Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts : : African Conflict “Medicine” / / ed. by I. William Zartman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Abu-Nimer, Mohammed,; Deng, Francis M.,; Faure, Guy Olivier,; Fred-Mensah, Ben K.,; King-Irani, Laurie E.,; Kouassi, Edmond Kwam,; Masina, Nomonde,; Menkhaus, Ken,; Osaghae, Eghosa E.,; Tuso, Hamdesa,; Uwazie, Ernest E.,; Wilson-Fall, Wendy,; Zartman, I. William,
• HerausgeberIn: Zartman, I. William,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: SAIS African Studies Library
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction: African Traditional Conflict “Medicine” --; PART 1 MANAGING CONFLICT IN TRADITIONAL AFRICAN SOCIETIES --; 2 Social Relations and Peacekeeping Among the Igbo --; 3 Bases of Traditional Conflict Management Among the Buems of the Ghana-Togo Border --; 4 Conflict Prevention and Resolution Among the Fulbe --; 5 West Coast Diplomacy Among the Akan and Their Neighbors --; 6 Indigenous Processes of Conflict Resolution in Oromo Society --; 7 Reaching Out: A Dinka Principle of Conflict Management --; PART 2 OTHER TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO RECONCILIATION --; 8 Rituals of Forgiveness and Processes of Empowerment in Lebanon --; 9 Contrasts in Conflict Management in Cleveland and Palestine --; 10 Traditional Conflict Management in Africa and China --; PART 3 APPLYING TRADITIONAL METHODS TO MODERN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT --; 11 Xhosa Practices of Ubuntu for South Africa --; 12 Traditional Conflict Management in Contemporary Somalia --; 13 Applying Traditional Methods to Modern Conflict: Possibilities and Limits --; 14 Conclusions: Changes in the New Order and the Place for the Old --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626371231; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626371231
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by I. William Zartman.

Medical science has taken a new look at indigenous African healing practices, asking whether unique knowledge exists in traditional societies or whether Western and traditional societies developed the same knowledge with different names. In a similar vein, this study considers traditional African conflict-management practices. The authors identify the contributions of traditional mechanisms for conflict management in Africa and elsewhere, seeking to determine what is new and different. With African conflicts today eluding both international and domestic efforts to bring them under control, their work is guided by this crucial question: Can traditional methods yield insights and approaches that might help to end the persistent violence?