Violence and Non-Violence in Africa

Informationen zum Autor Pal Ahluwalia, Louise Bethleham, Ruth Ginio Klappentext 'Violence and Non-Violence in Africa' historicizes and breaks down the pervasive! almost ritualistic! association of Africa with forms of everyday as well as extreme violence! the latter bordering on and including genocide. Zusammenfassung This unique volume seeks both to historicize and to deconstruct the pervasive, almost ritualistic, association of Africa with forms of terrorism as well as extreme violence, the latter bordering on and including genocide. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: ‘Unsettling Violence’ 1. The Glorious Violence of Amada Seyon of Ethiopia 2. The Unwritten History of Ethnic Co-Existence in Colonial Africa: An Example from Douala, Cameroon 3. The Vulgarization of Politics: Ethnic Violence in Kenya 4. Sacral Spaces in Two West African Cities 5. The ‘Rugged Life’: Youth and Violence in Southern Nigeria 6. Security and Violence on the Frontier of the State: Vigilant Citizens in Nkomazi, South Africa 7. ‘Keeping the Peace’: Violent Justice, Crime and Vigilantism in Tanzania 8. Mellow Yellow: Image, Violence, and Play in Apartheid South Africa 9. Childhood in the Shadow of Violence: Kathorus, South Africa 10. To Live With It

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• Authors: Pal (University of California Ahluwalia, Pal Bethleham Ahluwalia
• Assisted by: Pal Ahluwalia (Editor), Ahluwalia Pal (Editor), Louise Bethleham (Editor), Bethleham Louise (Editor), Ruth Ginio (Editor), Ginio Ruth (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.02.2011
• EAN: 9780415664103
• ISBN: 978-0-415-66410-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Developing Countries, Armed Conflict