By Isaac Njoh Endeley, PhD, JD ([email protected])
George Ngwane. (1996). Settling Disputes in Africa: Traditional Bases for Conflict Resolution. Buma Kor House Publishers Ltd., B.P. 727 Yaoundé, Cameroon. 236 pages. [Forward by Dr. Jean-Emmanuel Pondi, International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC)]
As the title suggests, the purpose of this book is to explore traditional African methods of resolving the continent's many conflicts. The author, Mr. George Ngwane, displays an uncanny familiarity with his subject matter in this well-written essay. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, he examines virtually all of the festering crisis situations in Africa and recommends different ways of resolving them peacefully.
The work is neatly divided into seven chapters, each one of them dealing with a specific aspect of conflict resolution. At the outset the author establishes a clear distinction between “intrastate conflict” and “interstate conflict” in Africa. The former, he contends, “involves conflict over governance and conflict over structures of democracy” while the latter “involves conflict over territorial sovereignty and frontiers” (p.7).
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