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Conflict Resolution In Africa: A Comparative Analysis Of The Demilitarization Process In Burundi And Rwanda (1993-2003), Victoria Chipoka

Masters Theses

The civil wars that have occurred in Africa have had destabilizing effects on the political and social structure of African countries. The massacres and genocide of 1993 and 1994 in Rwanda and Burundi shocked the whole world into experiencing the horror of the news that more than one million people had been slaughtered in cold blood. The causes of the conflict in Rwanda and Burundi are many and complex. In this paper, my major focus will be on the role the armed forces have played in the conflict and how demilitarization should be the alternative solution in bringing permanent peace …

Timbuktu: A Lesson In Underdevelopment, Riccardo Pelizzo

riccardo pelizzo

Th e purpose of the present paper is to investigate Timbuktu’s economic decline in the three centuries elapsed between 1526, when Leo Africanus reached the Mysterious City, and 1830, when the fi rst European explorers arrived in Timbuktu. It is argued that Timbuktu’s decline was neither an accident nor the result of inevitable natural conditions. Timbuktu’s decay was the product of historical and social forces. Specifi cally, it is argued that Timbuktu lost power and prestige because its market decayed. However, it is also suggested that no single factor can account individually for this event. Th e crisis of Timbuktu’s …

Trends. History And The Consequences Of Political Boundaries In Africa, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the inherited narrative of African political conflicts being supposedly based solely on the placement of post-colonial political boundaries.

Relativism, Reflective Equilibrium, And Justice, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

THIS PAPER IS THE CO-WINNER OF THE FRED BERGER PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY OF LAW FOR THE 1999 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BEST PUBLISHED PAPER IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.

The conflict between liberal legal theory and critical legal studies (CLS) is often framed as a matter of whether there is a theory of justice that the law should embody which all rational people could or must accept. In a divided society, the CLS critique of this view is overwhelming: there is no such justice that can command universal assent. But the liberal critique of CLS, that it degenerates into …

South Africa: The Elections And The Path Ahead, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

As the Senior Program Officer for the John D. and catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, wrote this piece covering the 1994 general election in South Africa, the first of which was held with universal adult suffrage.

South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

The purpose of this paper is to examine salient factors accounting for South Africa’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy, focusing on the political personalities of South African leaders P.W. Botha, F.W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. Following a brief overview of situational variables, the paper describes the political personalities of Mandela and De Klerk as assessed by the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist (MPPC). The study shows that one cannot fully account for political developments in South Africa’s transition without considering (a) the interaction between situational variables and the political personalities of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de …

United Nations Press Release No.10/94, Permanent Mission Of South Africa To The United Nations

1994 South Africa General Election

A press release from the Permanent Mission of south Africa to the United Nations summarizing the winners of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

United Nations Press Release No.08/94, Permanent Mission Of South Africa To The United Nations

1994 South Africa General Election

A press release from the Permanent Mission of south Africa to the United Nations announcing the election results of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Observing The New South Africa, Orlando Redekopp

1994 South Africa General Election

Orlando Redekopp was an international observer of the 1994 South Africa General Election through the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA). Authored by Redekopp, this narrative provides a brief memoir of his time in South Africa monitoring the elections.

Reflections On Elections In South Africa, Orlando Redekopp

1994 South Africa General Election

Orlando Redekopp was an international observer of the 1994 South Africa General Election through the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA). Authored by Redekopp, this narrative outlines his analysis of five reflections about the elections and the role of the church and Christians.

South African Elections Manual For International Observers, Independent Electoral Commission

1994 South Africa General Election

A manual produced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for election observers of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Daily Reports Of The Town Howick In The Natal Region, Howick Team, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

A draft of a report by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) election monitors (Orlando Redekopp, Ursula Schmidt, Hendrikje Schievink, and Maina Murage) for the 1994 South Africa General Election of the town of Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa from April 14 through April 21, 1994.

The Sacbc Democracy Charts: A Brief Introduction To The New Constitution, Justice And Peac Commission, Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference

1994 South Africa General Election

A booklet created by the South African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) to educate voters of the 1994 South Africa General Election about the new system of government and the new Constitution.

Voter Education Manual, Voter Education And Elections Training Unit, Legal Education Action Project

1994 South Africa General Election

A manual created by the Voter Education and Elections Training Unit (VEETU) and Legal Education Action Project (LEAP) to help educate new voters about the voting process for the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Guidelines And Principles For Monitoring In South Africa, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

Guidelines generated by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) for official EMPSA election monitors of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Empsa Rules, Ecumenical Monitoring Programme In South Africa

1994 South Africa General Election

Rules generated by the Ecumenical Monitoring Programme in South Africa (EMPSA) for official EMPSA election monitors of the 1994 South Africa General Election.

The Hour For Democracy Songbook, Institute For Contextual Theology

1994 South Africa General Election

A song booklet created by the Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT) to promote democracy and prepare South Africans for the 1994 general election.

South Africa's Long March To Freedom: A Personal View, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

In this article I first offer a brief historical account of European white settlement, and ultimately political dominance, in southern Africa. Next, I outline how whites, and in particular Afrikaner-dominated National Party governments after 1948, achieved almost total subjugation of South Africa’s black majority through oppressive legislation and the calculated use of force. In that regard I enumerate some of the draconian laws enacted in the post-1948 apartheid state — laws that served as an impetus for black nationalism, anger, resistance, protest and, after 1960, armed struggle to achieve liberation from white oppression. Against this background, I examine salient factors …

Independent Electoral Commission Code Of Conduct For Observers, Independent Electoral Commission

1994 South Africa General Election

The Independent Electoral Commission’s Code of Conduct for South African election observers for the 1994 South Africa General Election.

Getting Beyond The Elephants: Africa In The 90'S, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

As the Senior Consultant for the Mozambique Government, Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this address in 1992 at the Africa in the 90's Conference sponsored by the Center for Urban Education at DePaul Univeristy. This address analyzes inaccuracies in the portrayal of Africa as a continent and includes commentary on how international countries, such as the United States, have developed policies related to the continent.

Ethical Implications Of Politics In English Speaking West African Countries: The Need For A Greater Ethical Concern, Adeyinka Christopher Thompson

Masters Theses

This thesis evaluates the ethical implications of policies adopted by politicians in three West African countries: Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The evaluation focuses on the policies African politicians adopt in their bid to solve two problems facing Africa: corruption, and achieving a democracy.

The evaluation relates selected policies of some African politicians to certain ethical theories propounded by various philosophers. Such questions as the respect politicians show for human life or dignity; the way they manipulate people, using them solely as a means to an end; secrecy in government; and whether their policies are meant for the general good …

Talk By Prexy Nesbitt To Operation Push, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, delivered this speech to Operation PUSH in 1991 saluting the organization from uninviting Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi from speaking at the forum, due to his associations with the apartheid government and its oppression.

Womanpower In The Civil Rights Movement, Yvette Hutchinson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Eritrean People's Liberation Front: A Case Study In The Rhetoric And Practice Of African Liberation, Tsenay Serequeberhan

William Monroe Trotter Institute Publications

The views of the various African thinkers, which will be systematically explored in this Study, are neither "true" in any absolute sense, nor are they an "ideology" or false consciousness. Rather, they are the self-expression of an open-ended historical process. The works of Fanon, Cesaire, Cabral, etc., with which we shall be engaged in formulating the overall perspective of the struggle for African freedom as a discourse aimed at reclaiming history, are the self-expression of this process itself. These works are the artful and effective self-presentation of those engaged in the struggle, i.e., the rhetoric of African liberation.

The basic …

Texts Of Addresses At Opening Session For The North American Regional Conference For Action Against Apartheid, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

A transcript of the addresses for the opening sessions of the North American Regional Conference for Action Against Apartheid including those authored by Major-General J. N. Garba, Chairman of United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Edward M. Kennedy, Shridath J. Ramphal, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Daniel m. Lisulo, Chairman of the Legal and Political Committee of the Central Committee of the United National Independence Party of Zambia and Representative of the President of Zambia, Group Captain Emeka Omerua, Minister of Social Development, Youth, Information, Sports and Culture of Nigeria, Reverend Jesse L. …

Time For Sanctions Against Apartheid South Africa Is Now: Statements By H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule (Nigeria), Chairman Of The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

United Nations Centre Against Apartheid

H. E. Alhaji Yusuff Maitama-Sule, or Yusuf Maitama Sule, was a Nigerian politician from the 1950s through the 1980s. This document, published by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid, collates his various statements between September 1981 and July 1982 on apartheid rule in South Africa.

The Sino-Soviet Dispute In Africa, 1974-1978, Charles Andrew Waters

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

The Military In Political Leadership In Ghana, Kenneth Koroma

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The United States And African Nationalism In British East Africa Since 1945, Clarence A. Allison

OBU Graduate Theses

World War II brought about a realignment of the power structure among the nations of the world. The primary conflict of interest developed between Russian and the Western nations, with the United States predominant among them.

Through the leverage afforded by the East-West conflict, African nations were able to exert enough force to dislodge the colonial powers which had ruled them for nearly a century.

Early efforts to unite the African people were carried out in the United States and other Western nations, with American Negroes leading the drive. Among these men were W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey.

The United …