Violence and Non-Violence in Africa (Routledge Studies in International Relations and Global Politic)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 8
Copyright......Page 9
Contents......Page 10
Figures......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction: ‘Unsettling violence’......Page 18
1 The glorious violence of Amdä Seyon of Ethiopia......Page 29
2 The unwritten history of ethnic co-existence in colonial Africa: An example from Douala, Cameroon......Page 44
3 The vulgarization of politics: Ethnic violence in Kenya......Page 61
4 Sacral spaces in two West African cities......Page 80
5 The ‘rugged life’: Youth and violence in southern Nigeria......Page 101
6 Security and violence on the frontier of the state: Vigilant citizens in Nkomazi, South Africa......Page 122
7 ‘Keeping the peace’: Violent justice, crime, and vigilantism in Tanzania......Page 141
8 Mellow Yellow: Image, violence, and play in apartheid South Africa......Page 158
9 Childhood in the shadow of violence: Kathorus, South Africa......Page 192
10 To Live, With It......Page 207
Index......Page 223