- Peace Research for Africa: Critical Essays on Methodology
Authors: Erin McCandless and Abdul Karim Bangura
Editor: Mary E. King and Ebrima Sall
Research in the field of peace and conflict studies needs to improve the quality and relevance of knowledge by and for Africa. This requires a healthy debate over appropriate methodologies and epistemological approaches, the linkage between theory and application as policy, and the ways in which peace and conflict studies research can be usefully compared to that in other fields. This is important for bridging the gap between the study of peace and conflict resolution issues and on-the-ground peace-building activities in Africa, relating the theory and empirical research to the practical needs of practitioners and decision makers. Such research should offer both a conceptual foundation of applicable and operational theory and case study examples that address ways in which political, economic, and social factors influence conflicts in Africa.
368 pp. ISBN 978-9977-925-51-6.
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Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union - Arabic Translation
This is the Arabic translation of Heyns and Killander (eds) Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union, published in French as Sélection de Documents-Clé de l'Union Africaine Relatifs aux Droits de l'Homme. A Portuguese translation will be available shortly.
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Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict-Africa
In meetings by faculty and staff of the University for Peace at more than fifty universities and five hundred non-governmental organizations in Africa during 2002 and 2003, educators across the continent lamented the dearth of materials on the subject of nonviolent struggle in Africa. An historian at the University of Natal at Durban, however, spoke with pride of "South Africa's strong indigenous tradition of nonviolent struggle-the tradition of Gandhi, Lithuli, and Biko", referring to Mohandas K. Gandhi, who developed his formative principles during twenty-one years spent in South Africa, the Zulu chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Luthuli, and the anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko. In 2004, Nigerian youth leaders attending a forum in Abuja, Nigeria, fervently requested books to help them learn how to fight for justice without violence: "All we ever hear is violence", said one, "some teachers even tell us that what Nigeria needs is more violence". In response, and as a direct outgrowth of a 2005 workshop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, on nonviolent transformation of conflict, the Africa Programme of the University for Peace is pleased to offer four publications on nonviolent struggle.
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Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict
Editors: Mary E. King and Christopher A. Miller
Series editor: Mary E. King
Nonviolent action can be effective even in acute conflicts. Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict presents a framework for use by instructors in teaching students the basic theoretical and historical background of nonviolent action and successful practice of it. The model assumes a twelve-week term for teaching one topic, or module, per week for final-year undergraduates, but it can also be adapted for graduate work. Each module contains a note to lecturers discussing crucial background needed to lead a class on the topic, expected outcomes in student learning, concepts relevant to that particular module, suggested class activities and exercises, and recommended readings on each topic. The framework allows instructors to add resources from their own country and to encourage students to write case studies about local nonviolent campaigns and document breakthroughs by area non-governmental organisations.
139 pp. ISBN 9977-925-45-3.
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Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual
Editor: Christopher A. Miller
Series editor: Mary E. King
Reaching the stage of negotiations or other steps in conflict resolution sometimes first requires cooperative action. Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual is a tool for civil society leaders-in youth movements and programmes, churches, athletics, and other areas-who are interested in creating workshops or training programmes on realistic alternatives to armed struggle. It presents an overview of the effectiveness of nonviolent struggle and can complement the more theoretical Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. 141 pp. ISBN 9977-925-49-6.
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"Bite Not One Another": Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa
Editor: Desmond George-Williams
Series editor: Mary E. King
"Bi Nka Bi" (bite not one another), the adinkra symbol for harmony and an emblem of peace, is signified by an image of two fish biting each other's tails. "Bite Not One Another": Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa chronicles events and activities from sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting colonial era nonviolent struggles that resulted in independence and contemporary collective action to secure human rights and social justice. Written by a young lecturer from Sierra Leone, it also features examples of African women’s ongoing nonviolent activism. 123 pp. ISBN 9977-925-47-X.
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Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths
Editor: Christopher A. Miller
Series editor: Mary E. King
Youths have played crucial roles in numerous nonviolent struggles, which require, among other things, well-formed strategies. Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths is a practical guide geared alike towards university or secondary school students, young soldiers, young professionals, civil society leaders, and youthful parliamentarians. It challenges the blind faith in violence so often found where there is conflict while also explaining the basic ideas and principles of nonviolent action. In the classroom, it can be used to supplement Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. It also complements "Bite Not One Another": Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa. 88 pp. ISBN 9977-925-46-1.
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Compendium of key human rights documents of the African Union
Second Edition
Editor: Christof Heyns is Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
This Compendium contains key documents relating to human rights adopted by the African Union (including NEPAD) and its predecessor, the Organization of African Unity. It also includes a selection of decisions and resolutions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights.
This joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria, South Africa, aims at making the human rights documents of the African Union more accessible.
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Human Rights, Peace and Justice in Africa: A Reader
Editor: Christof Heyns and Karen Stefiszyn
This Reader contains materials on human rights, peace and justice relevant to Africa, extracted from academic writings, reports from the United Nations and non-governmental organisations, speeches, official documents, national constitutions and human right cases. Where possible, material from Africa has been selected.
The Reader is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace and conflict readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers. In this particular Reader material of relevance to the relationship between human rights and peace and security is included.
This Reader is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace and the Centre for Human Rights of the University of Pretoria. It can be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the Compendium of Key Human Rights Documents of the African Union and the Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa.
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Sélection de Documents-Clé de l'Union Africaine relatifs aux Droits de l'Homme
Ce Sélection contient des documents-clé relatifs aux droits de l'homme, adoptés sous les auspices de l'Union Africaine y compris le NOPADA et son prédécesseur l'Organisation de l'Unité Africaine. Il contient également une sélection de décisions et résolutions de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples.
Cette Å“uvre de collaboration entre le Programme Afrique de l'Université de la Paix et le Centre for Human Rights de l'Université de Prétoria en Afrique du Sud, a pour objectif de rendre plus accessible les documents de l'Union Africaine.
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Compendium of Key Documents relating to Peace and Security in Africa
Editor: Monica Juma
Assistant editors: Rafael Velásquez García & Brittany Kesselman
This Compendium contains key official documents on peace and security in Africa covering the period between 1963 and the end of 2005. The Compendium is part of an evolving Series on Peace and Conflict in Africa published by the United Nations-affiliated University for Peace (UPEACE). The main objective of the Series is to make material which can be used by African universities in courses dealing with issues of peace readily accessible to lecturers, students and researchers.
This Compendium is a joint publication of the Africa Programme of UPEACE and SaferAfrica. It shall be used in conjunction with other publications in the Series, particularly the collection of extracts from seminal texts contained in Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution in Africa: A Reader.
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Environmental Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings, Khartoum, December 2004
Publisher: University for Peace
The University for Peace and the Peace Research Institute of the University of Khartoum jointly held a conference in Khartoum, Sudan in December 2004, with the explicit aim to provide a platform for debating major issues related to environmental degradation as a cause of conflict in Darfur.
'Environmental Degradation as a Cause of Conflict in Darfur: Conference Proceedings' edited by Professor R. Sean O'Fahey, contains what were originally oral presentations made to the conference by distinguished scholars in this field and is hoped to serve as a reference tool which will encourage discussion and further comprehensive research in this area. Click here to download a PDF version.
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Gender and Peace Building in Africa - A reader
Publisher: University for Peace
A reader of scholarly articles authored by Africans on issues of gender and peace building in Africa. This publication, which comes as a product of two Faculty and Staff Development Seminars in Zambia, has provided a platform to debate current issues of gender in conflict situations, their destabilising consequences on the economic development of Africa and the efforts being made to build bridges of peace with a gender perspective. Click here to download a PDF version.
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Afroscope: A UPEACE African Community Publication (2005)
Afroscope is a student magazine for the UPEACE African Community. It serves as a record of African students' experiences as they undertook their graduate studies in Costa Rica. The main purpose of the magazine is to act as a mouth-piece towards mainstreaming an African perspective in the University.
Through the magazine, students express how they were received, the challenges they had to overcome, their contribution to an African beat into the multi-cultural living environment, and how they connected as Africans in the distant Diaspora in Costa Rica. Covering cultural events, academic questions, advice from elders' visits, creative writing, leadership profiling and interviewing, Afroscope looks at an African student's experience in a post graduate centre, as students engage issues of peace building, international law, human rights and sustainable development, through an African sensitive lens.
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Directory of Peace Studies in Africa 2004
The ACCORD/UPEACE Directory of Peace Studies in Africa is a result of a continental-wide survey conducted over the past two years targeting established institutions in Africa. Included is feedback from participating institutions on existing programmes in the field of peace studies in terms of teaching, research and community service.
English (PDF) | Online version
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Africa Programme 2006 Progress Report
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Africa Programme 2005 Progress Report
English | French
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Africa Programme 2004 Progress Report
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Profile Booklet of the Faculty and Staff Development Seminar on Gender and Peace Buildings
PDF (for duplex printers) | PDF (for recto only printers)
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Transition from War to Peace in Sudan
This study examines through direct interviews and firsthand accounts the roles of non-state and state actors in this process of transformation. Changes that took place in Sudan and the efforts of several groups-including the knowledge and business communities, nongovernmental organizations, and peacerelated sectors-consolidated the collective will to attempt to resolve the conflict peacefully and make the process of transition from war to peace irreversible.
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The Sixth Clan - Women Organize for Peace in Somalia: A Review of Published Literature
This literature review provides an overview primarily of women's
struggles and triumphs in southern Somalia based on the available
English-language case studies and analyses.
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Human Rights Instruments
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Human Rights Reference Handbook
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UPEACE/Geneva eNews
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The Peace and Conflict Review is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of high quality academic articles in the field of peace and conflict studies. Issues are published on a semi-annual basis, in spring and fall, and generally include a selection of scholarly articles, conference papers, and academic book reviews. 
The Peace and Conflict Monitor is a forum for peace journalism and academic discussion relevant to peace and conflict studies. The online magazine is frequently updated in response to current affairs, offering analysis, commentary, interviews, and more.
Environment and Conflict in Africa: Refelctions on Darfur
