It is becoming increasingly clear that the effectiveness of peacebuilding in Africa is intertwined with the health of African higher…
Peacebuilding and the Academy in Africa
African history
Meet the APN’s New Advisory Board Chair: Professor Ismail Rashid
Last week, Professor Ismail Rashid officially began his tenure as the African Peacebuilding Network’s Advisory Board chair. The following interview…
Silence and Denial as Impediments to Peace in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe, 1980-2016
Introduction This appraisal is an interlocution of the twin cultures of silence and denial inherent in Zimbabwe’s post-colonial peacebuilding praxis.…
Review of Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun offers a heart-wrenching account of the Biafran War (1967-1970), beautifully wrapped in…
Writing on African Peacebuilding: Reflection on Personal Experiences
Since everyone writes differently, formulating a standard set of advice on how best to pull together your research into an…
Recurrent Crisis in the Eastern DRC: Petty Imperialism and Reconceptualizing the Peace Process
The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the richest regions in the country, with diverse…
Congolese Crisis and Demographic Problems in the African Great Lakes
The frequent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is part of a series of interlinked, complex conflicts encompassing…
From Ethnic Violence to Seeds of Peace: Pastoralists, Youth, and Intercommunity Peacebuilding in Northwestern Kenya
Introduction Northwestern Kenya has been a theatre of violent conflict pitting the Pokot, Samburu, and Turkana communities against one another…
Achebe’s Acts of Memory
The brouhaha over Chinua Achebe’s There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, as throngs who hadn’t read the…