This book examines the multifaceted nature of conflict and the importance of the socio-economic and political contexts of conflict and violence and shows how to support ongoing initiatives and programs to build sustainable peace on the African continent.

Introduction Part One: Concepts, Theories and Methodologies 1. Overview of Recent Trends In African Scholarly Writing On Peacebuilding 2. When theory meets method: Feminist peace research in Africa and how to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange 3. A Mission to Civilize: The Liberal Idea of Peacebuilding in Africa 4. The Ethics of Research and Fieldwork-based in Conflict-affected Settings 5. The Application of Qualitative Research Methodology in African Contexts 6. Quantitative Research Methods in Field-Based Peacebuilding Part Two: Case Studies 7. Understanding Complex New Wars in Africa: The Example of The Sahel 8. Researching Women, Unpaid Care Work, and Peacebuilding in Darfur 9. Research in a Conflict and Peacebuilding Context: Narrations from Fieldwork in Nigerian Violent Theatres 10. Epistemological and Methodological Considerations in Peacebuilding Research – Experiences from the Borana of Ethiopia 11. A critique of the conceptual documents that frame UN and AU practice of Peacebuilding 12. Doing Research in the ‘Silicon Savannah’: Digital Media, Peacebuilding and Constructions of (In)Stability in Kenya 13. Postconflict Emotions at Home: Researching Zimbabwean Soldiers