Table of Contents

Healing division, forging transition: Rwanda - balancing the weight of history S'ifiso Ngesi and Charles Villa-Vicencio; Sierra Leone - history hidden by Horror Tyrone Savage and Joseph Rahall; burundi - permanent deadlock or tentative peace? Erik Doxtader and Yeki Mosomothane; Nigeria - an overview of a multifaceted conflict and the potential for reconciliation adewale segun banjo; Angola - the beginning of hope for peace Ricky Khaukha. In the midst of battles old, new and recurring; democratic republic of Congo - Inchoate transition, interlocking conflicts Tyrone Savage; Somalia: beginning the journey from Anarchy to Order Susanne Streleau and S'ifiso Ngesi; Zimbabwe - a hundred years War Tyrone Savage and Shupikayi Blessing Chimhini; Swaziland - between monarchy and democracy Manelisi Genge; Uganda - half way to democracy Susanne Streleau. The struggles of democratic consolidation. South Africa - beyond the 'Miracle' Charles Villa-Vicencio and S'ifiso Ngesi; Mozambique - making peace - the roots of the conflict and the way Forward Irae Baptista Lundin and Antonio da Costa Gaspar; Namibia - the Jigsaw Puzzle of democracy Edmond Tiku and Erik Doxtader; Lesotho - political conflict, peace and reconciliation in the mountain kingdom Mokete Lawrence Pherudi; Botswana: the hopes and fears of consolidation Gape Kaboyakgosi.

About the Author

Charles Villa-Vicencio is the Director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, based in Cape Town. He was formerly the National Research Director of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Erik Doxtader is an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. The other contributors come from various African countries and from other continents.

Reviews

"An especially welcome and useful book" - Justice Richard Goldstone.