Narrating War and Peace in Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19943146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hetty Ter Toyin Falola |
| Editors | Toyin Falola (0000-0002-2457-2930), Hetty ter Haar |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 200 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-31 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Narrating War and Peace in Africa (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Boydell and Brewer (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1515/9781580467070 |
| OpenAlex | W643436546 |
| ISBN | 9781580467070 |
| Open Library | OL34599631M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Narrating War and Peace in Africa interrogates conventional representations of Africa and African culture -- mainly in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries -- with an emphasis on portrayals of conflict and peace. While Africa has experienced political and social turbulence throughout its history, more recent conflicts seem to reinforce the myth of barbarism across the continent: in Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Chad, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Sudan. The essays in this volume address reductive and stereotypical assumptions of postcolonial violence as tribal in nature, and offer instead various perspectives -- across disciplinary boundaries -- that foster a less fetishized, more contextualized understanding of African war, peace, and memory. Through their geographical, historical, and cultural scope and diversity, the chapters in Narrating War and Peace in Africa aim to challenge negative stereotypes that abound in relation to Africa in general and to its wars and conflicts in particular, encouraging a shift to more balanced and nuanced representations of the continent and its political and social climates. Contributors: Ann Albuyeh, Zermarie Deacon, Alicia C. Decker, Amena Moinfar, Kayode Omoniyi Ogunfolabi, Sabrina Parent, Susan Rasmussen, Michael Sharp, Cheryl Sterling, Hetty ter Haar, Melissa Tully, Pamela Wadende, Metasebia Woldemariam, Jonathan Zilberg. Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Hetty ter Haar is an independent researcher in England
Archaeology · Barbarism · Centennial · Discipline · Ethnology · Political science · Politics · Sierra leone · Social science · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Africa · African diaspora · Congresses · Cubans · emigration and immigration · English & college success -> english -> literary criticism · General · In mass media · Mass media · Mass media and peace · Mass media and war · Other · Peace · Peace in literature · Press coverage · Repatriation · Social sciences -> history -> african history · Social sciences -> history -> military history · Spanish & Portuguese · Stereotypes (social psychology) · Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media · War · War in literature · War in mass media · War, press coverage · Yoruba (african people)
| Citations per year | 0.31 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |