"As political leaders scramble to capture every bit of power possible, it needs to be remembered that the impetus for…
The Day the Burkinabé People Recovered Their Voice
West Africa
Transnational Threats to Peace in Africa
This article illustrates the scope and magnitude of threats within Africa by focusing on drug- trafficking, the proliferation of small…
Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: The Importance of Documentation in Postwar Education and Reconciliation
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) are temporarily established to investigate and document war atrocities committed against civilian populations They promote…
I Did It to Save My Life: Love and Survival in Sierra Leone, by Catherine E. Bolten
Sierra Leone’s was a complicated war. One of the first post-Cold War conflicts, and seemingly one of the more intractable…