What education for a sustainable peace in a country in conflict?

The events that have been unfolding in the Central African Republic for some time now have led ordinary people to question their identity, the reason for and the meaning they give to their commitment, which should lead to the reconstruction of a peaceful climate and a new framework for living together. Crime, rape, looting, inter-community violence have become commonplace, thus calling into question the value systems to which the citizen is attached as the founding cement of his society before the emergence of recurrent socio-political crises. As such, it is more than essential to seek to understand the meanings of developments in our own political and educational system, the role of family and religious institutions and the socio-cultural environment, in particular in the resolution of the crisis. The absence of strong complementary links between the family, the school and the socio-cultural environment undoubtedly leads to the decay of Central African society. How to build new identities through educational programs based on solid values.

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Patrick Loko BACKNICKRicercatore antropologo presso l'Università di BanguiDottorando in Antropologia dello sviluppo e del cambiamento socialeMaster in antropologia, Università di BanguiLaureato in Psicologia infantile (Petra Institute for Children's) Johannesburg.Progetto di gestione professionale