Peacebuilding in Africa: The Post-Conflict State and Its Multidimensional Crises argues that building enduring peace in post-conflict states in Africa requires comprehensive, state-specific approaches that address the multidimensional crises that generated civil conflict and instabilities in these countries. Contributors examine states such as Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sudan to demonstrate that peacebuilding projects in each of these states must address the cultural, economic, political, and social root causes of their respective underlying civil conflicts. In addition, contributors prove that peacebuilding projects must be shaped by the centrality of human security: the respect for ethno-cultural diversity, the advancement of human material well-being, the protection of political rights and civil liberties, and the redesigning of the military and security architecture to ensure the safety of all citizens from both internal and external threats.
Kelechi A. Kalu is professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. George Klay Kieh, Jr. is dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, professor of Political Science at Texas Southern University, and professor in the Graduate Program in International Relations at the African Methodist Episcopal University (AMEU), Liberia.
Introduction: Building Peace after Civil Conflicts in Africa Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr. Chapter 1: Building Peace after Conflicts: Theoretical Issues Kelechi A. Kalu Chapter 2: Burundi: Diplomacy, Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, 1993-2019 Dawn Nagar Chapter 3: Peacebuilding in Democratic Republic of the Congo Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo Chapter 4: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Liberia George Klay Kieh, Jr. Chapter 5: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Rwanda: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities Emeka Iloh Chapter 6: Liberal Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone Emmanuel Vincent Nelson Kallon Chapter 7: The Challenges and Opportunities of Security Sector Reform in South Sudan Clayton Hazvinei Vhumbunu Chapter 8: Transitional Justice in Sudan Avitus Agbor Chapter 9: Conflict Resolution and Freedom in Africa Francis Onditi Lessons and Insights: Toward Durable Peace in Africa's Post-Conflict Societies Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
