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The Roots of Ethnic Conflict in Africa

From Grievance to Violence

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Wanjala S. Nasong’o

    1. Department of International Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. From Grievance to Ethnic Mobilization

    • Wanjala S. Nasong’o
    Pages 1-9

  3. Explaining Ethnic Conflicts

    • Wanjala S. Nasong’o
    Pages 11-20

  4. Deep-Seated Historical and Socioeconomic Grievances

    • Wanjala S. Nasong’o
    Pages 21-35

  5. Conflict Trajectory in Northern Uganda

    • Joseph O. Wasonga
    Pages 37-74

  6. Ambiguity of the Soil, Ambiguity of Belonging

    • Stephen Mwachofi Singo, Sam Okoth Opondo
    Pages 75-92

  7. Hegemony and Counterhegemony

    • Céline A. Jacquemin
    Pages 93-123

  8. In Search of a Political Identity

    • Martin S. Shanguhyia
    Pages 125-153

  9. The Myth of Language as a Unifying Factor

    • Tom Onditi Luoch
    Pages 155-170

  10. Managing Ethnically Divided Societies

    • Wanjala S. Nasong’o
    Pages 171-182

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-208
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About this book

This book focuses on the problem of ethnic conflict in Africa and seeks to explain its root causes. The main thesis of the book is that ethnic political mobilization is essentially a function of deeply-felt grievances on the part of the groups so mobilized.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, USA

    Wanjala S. Nasong’o

About the editor

Céline A. Jacquemin is an Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at St Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Tom Onditi Luoch is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics in the General Education program at the United States International University Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Wanjala S. Nasong'o is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of International Studies at Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Sam Okoth Opondo is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Africana Studies at Vassar College, New York, USA. Martin S. Shanguhyia is an Assistant Professor of African History at Syracuse University in New York, USA. Stephen Mwachofi Singo is currently Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Joseph O. Wasonga is lecturer in Political Science, Conflict Studies and International Relations at Kenyatta University, Kenya.

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