Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region

Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African Great Lakes Region, primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi, has been overwhelmingly defined by conflict. Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, and an international group of scholars, many from the Great Lakes region, focus on the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace in this multidisciplinary volume. These essays present a range of debates and perspectives on the history and politics of conflict, highlighting the complex internal and external sources of both persistent tension and creative peacebuilding. Taken together, the essays illustrate that no single perspective or approach can adequately capture the dynamics of conflict or offer successful strategies for sustainable peace in the region. Introduction: Conflict And Peacebuilding In The African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje And Tricia Redeker Hepner -- Understanding The Diversity And Complexity Of Conflict In The African Great Lakes Region / Kenneth Omeje -- The History And Politics Of Regionalism And Integration In East Africa / Hannington Ochwada -- Multipolar Politics And Regional Integration In East Africa: Opportunities And Challenges For Non-state Actors / Doreen Alusa -- Historical Dynamics Of Northern Uganda Conflict: A Longitudinal Struggle For Nation-building / Elias Omondi Opongo -- Kofi Annan's Conflict Resolution Model And Peacebuilding In Kenya / Alfred Anangwe -- Justice Versus Reconciliation: The Dilemmas Of Transitional Justice In Kenya / Ozonnia Ojielo -- Climate Change And Peacebuilding Among Pastoralist Communities In Northeastern Uganda And Western Kenya / Julaina A. Obika And Harriet K. Bibangambah -- Media Sustainability In A Post-conflict Environment: Radio Broadcasting In The Drc, Burundi And Rwanda / Marie-soleil Frère -- Youth In Transition: The Arts And Cultural Resonance In Post-conflict Northern Uganda / Lindsay M. Mcclain And Tricia Redeker Hepner -- Gender Issues In Reintegration: A Feminist And Rights-based Analysis Of The Experiences Of Formerly Abducted Child Mothers In Northern Uganda / Eric Awich Ochen -- The Ambivalence Of The Sacred: Christianity, Genocide And Reconciliation In Rwanda / Janine Natalya Clark. Edited By Kenneth Omeje And Tricia Redeker Hepner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING IN THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations List of Foreign Terms Introduction: Conflict and Peacebuilding in the African Great Lakes Region Part I. The Great Lakes Region: Challenges of the Past and Present 1 Understanding the Diversity and Complexity of Conflict in the African Great Lakes Region 2 The History and Politics of Regionalism and Integration in East Africa 3 Multipolar Politics and Regional Integration in East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Nonstate Actors Part II. Case Studies of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes 4 Historical Dynamics of the Northern Uganda Conflict: A Longitudinal Struggle for Nation Building 5 Kofi Annan’s Conflict Resolution Model and Peacebuilding in Kenya 6 Justice versus Reconciliation: The Dilemmas of Transitional Justice in Kenya 7 Climate Change and Peacebuilding among Pastoralist Communities in Northeastern Uganda and Western Kenya Part III. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict and Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes 8 Media Sustainability in a Postconflict Environment: Radio Broadcasting in the DR C, Burundi, and Rwanda 9 Youth in Transition: The Arts and Cultural Resonance in Postconflict Northern Uganda 10 Gender Issues in Reintegration: A Feminist and Rights-Based Analysis of the Experiences of Formerly Abducted Child-Mothers in Northern Uganda 11 The “Ambivalence of the Sacred”: Christianity, Genocide, and Reconciliation in Rwanda Index List of Contributors