African Union approaches to peacebuilding : efforts at shifting the continent towards decolonial peace

dc.contributor.authorZondi, Siphamandla
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-23T06:56:39Z
dc.date.available2018-04-23T06:56:39Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.description.abstractThis article argues that the African Union (AU) approach to peacebuilding, out of Africa’s historical experience and lessons from the United Nations (UN), is comprehensive and holistic, but requires the existence of a legitimate government, a functional society and domestic parties for dialogue to begin. Without these conditions, the approach leads to extended peace enforcement rather than peacebuilding. Yet, whatever the conditions that prevail, peacebuilding in Africa has experienced limited success due to the failure to fundamentally transform the inherited post-colonial state, society and politics. The neo-colonial conditions helped to stall the achievement of lasting peace. The African experience with peacebuilding demonstrates a need for a more fundamental peace than is internationally the norm – a peace paradigm that hinges on the continued decolonisation of the African state and society in order to give rise to what may be called a decolonial peace.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.accord.org.za/publications/ajcren_ZA
dc.identifier.citationZondi, S. 2017, 'African Union approaches to peacebuilding : efforts at shifting the continent towards decolonial peace', African Journal on Conflict Resolution, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 105-131.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1562-6997
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64684
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputesen_ZA
dc.rightsACCORDen_ZA
dc.subjectPeacebuildingen_ZA
dc.subjectDecolonial peaceen_ZA
dc.subjectReconstructionen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican Union (AU)en_ZA
dc.subjectUnited Nations (UN)en_ZA
dc.subjectOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)en_ZA
dc.titleAfrican Union approaches to peacebuilding : efforts at shifting the continent towards decolonial peaceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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