Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts : : African Conflict “Medicine” /

Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts : : African Conflict “Medicine” / / 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 co...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (262 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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