African democracy and development : challenges for post-conflict African nations / edited by Cassandra R. Veney and Dick Simpson.

Contents Introduction / Cassandra R. Veney -- No justice, no peace : the elusive search for justice and reconciliation in Sierra Leone / Sylvia Macauley -- The role of ex-combatants in Mozambique / Jessica Schafer -- Memory controversies in post-genocide Rwanda : implications for peacebuilding / Elisabeth King -- Land reform, social justice, and reconstruction : challenges for post-genocide Rwanda / Helen Hintjens -- Elections as a stress test of democratization in societies : a comparison of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo / John Yoder -- Partners or adversaries? : NGOs and the state in postwar Sierra Leone / Fredline A.O. M'Cormack-Hale -- Chieftancy and reconstruction in Sierra Leone / Arthur Abraham -- The role of African diasporas in reconstruction / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- The role of the African Union in reconstruction in Africa / Thomas Kwasi Tieku -- Governance challenges in Sierra Leone / Osman Gbla -- Challenges of governance reform in Liberia / Amos Sawyer -- Achieving development and democracy / Dick Simpson.
General note"The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois at Chicago"--Introduction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012029673
ISBN9780739175491 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739175491 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739175507 (electronic)
ISBN0739175505 (electronic)
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