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Title: | African Approaches to Building Peace and Social Solidarity |
Author: | Murithi, Tim |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | African Journal on Conflict Resolution |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 9-33 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | conflict resolution Law, Human Rights and Violence Inter-African Relations |
External link: | https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/%ef%bf%bcafrican-approaches-to-building-peace-and-social-solidarity/ |
Abstract: | The African continent continues to be faced with the challenge of establishing peace and development. Vast amounts of resources have been utilized to craft peace agreements which have often collapsed under the weight of competing interests. It is necessary to examine whether there are other peacebuilding strategies that can be adopted to complement existing efforts to promote peace on the continent. This paper examines African indigenous approaches to building peace and promoting social solidarity, emphasizing the role of culture and the 'ubuntu' world view in peacebuilding. The guiding principle of 'ubuntu' peacemaking efforts in southern Africa was based on the notion that parties need to be reconciled in order to re-build and maintain social trust and social cohesion. Another example of an indigenous conflict resolution mechanism is that of the 'Mato Oput' process among the Acholi in northern Uganda. Finally the article outlines the role of the AU in the promotion of Pan-African solidarity. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |