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New Challenges To Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict To Internal Reconstruction, Makau Wa Mutua
New Challenges To Southern Africa: From Regional Conflict To Internal Reconstruction, Makau Wa Mutua
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With the possible exception of the Horn of Africa, arguably no other African region has been subject to multiple traumas such as those endured by Southern Africa. From the brutal Portuguese colonization to the vicious civil wars in Angola and Mozambique, not to mention the ravages of apartheid in South Africa and Namibia, the last four hundred years have seen sheer brutality of man over fellow man. Since 1990, however, there has been a steady reversal of the conditions that have historically caused violence in the region. In this article, the author examines this legacy and the struggle to construct …