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Traditional Cures for Modern Conflicts: African Conflict “Medicine”

By I. William Zartman (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Year
2022
ISBN
9781626371231
DOI
10.1515/9781626371231
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1432695 bytes)
Pages
262\272
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 15:22:08

Description

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?

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