Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa : Beyond Right and Wrong.

Front -- Contents -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- GENERAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS -- Conflicts in Africa -- Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peacemaking in West Africa -- Border Disputes in Africa and Traditional Approaches to Resolving Them -- ". . . in the Name of the Son" -- GHANA -- The Role of the Chieftaincy Institution in Ensuring Peace in Ghana from Precolonial Times to the Present -- Colonial Justice and Conflict Management -- Homegrown Crises, Homegrown Solutions? -- NIGERIA -- Women's Involvement in Indigenous Conflict Management -- The Role of the Umunna and Age Grades in Traditional Conflict Management in Igboland -- Communication and Conflict Management in Igbo Traditional Society -- Among the Yoruba of Western Nigeria -- Indigenous Methods in Conflict Resolution -- Sparks of Resistance, Flames of Change -- The Challenges of Conflict Transformation -- From Militancy to Amnesty -- Alternative Dispute Resolution Strategies, Undergraduate Student Union Leaders, and Conflict Management in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Ibadan -- CAMEROON -- Indigenous Peacemaking among the Banso People of Cameroon -- in Peacemaking in Nweh Society -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Editors/Contributors.

This bookevaluates indigenous conflict management strategies in West Africa. It proposes a set of mechanisms by which the best elements of indigenous knowledge and skills in conflict management may be deployed to settle contemporary disputes and made portable for adoption and adaptation by other complex societies in the region and beyond.

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