Indigenous Peacebuilding in South Sudan

This book explores the indigenous peace cultures of the major ethnic groups in South Sudan (Dinka, Nuer, Anuak and Acholi) and analyses their contribution to resolving the civil war.

Autorentext

Winifred Bedigen is a Teaching Fellow and Post-doc Researcher at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK.

Inhalt

List of figures

Introduction: Why indigenous peacebuilding in South Sudan?

Chapter one: Ethnic conflicts and civil wars.

Chapter two: Indigenous peacebuilding, peace theories and the South Sudan. justice system.

Chapter three: Narrative inquiry.

Chapter four: Socialising through food and etiquette of peacebuilding.

Chapter five: Indigenous communities, institutions and peacebuilding methods.

Chapter six: The role of youth (Monyomiji) in indigenous peacebuilding.

Chapter seven: The role of women (Honyomiji) in indigenous peacebuilding.

Chapter eight: Social capital, resilience and proximity in peacebuilding.

Chapter nine: Summary and conclusion.

Index