TY - BOOK AU - Villa-Vicencio,Charles TI - Walk with us and listen: political reconciliation in Africa SN - 1589016181 AV - JZ5584.A35 V55 2009eb U1 - 303.6/9096 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Südafrika / Wahrheits- und Versöhnungkommission KW - swd KW - Reconciliation KW - Political aspects KW - Africa KW - Peace-building KW - Conflict management KW - Réconciliation KW - Aspect politique KW - Afrique KW - Consolidation de la paix KW - Gestion des conflits KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Violence in Society KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Religion, Politics & State KW - fast KW - Politics and government KW - Friedenskonsolidierung KW - gnd KW - Wahrheitskommission KW - 1960- KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Afrika KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue: Affinities and tensions in debate -- An African journey -- Shared peace -- From encounter to settlement -- National conversation in South Africa -- Ubuntu -- Traditional African reconciliation practices -- Why reconciliation is important -- Seeking consensus N2 - Effective peace agreements are rarely accomplished by idealists. The process of moving from situations of entrenched oppression, armed conflict, open warfare, and mass atrocities toward peace and reconciliation requires a series of small steps and compromises to open the way for the kind of dialogue and negotiation that make political stability, the beginning of democracy, and the rule of law a possibility. For over forty years, Charles Villa-Vicencio has been on the front lines of Africa's battle for racial equality. In Walk with Us and Listen, he argues that reconciliation needs honest talk UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=362036 ER -