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Preface
PART I: BACKGROUND
Introduction: Mapping the Civil War Landscape in Africa
Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Chapter 1: Theories and Explanations of Civil Conflicts and Wars in Africa
Kelechi A. Kalu
PART II: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 2: Burundi: A Continuum of Civil Wars and Violence
Dawn Nager
Chapter 3: Civil War in Cameroon
Avitus Agbor
Chapter 4: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Conflict: A Study of the Tuobodom Chieftaincy Conflict in Ghana
Sabina Appiah-Boateng, Stephen B. Kendie, and Kenneth Aikins
Chapter 5: Liberia’s Civil Wars
George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Chapter 6: Personality Conflicts and the Nigerian Civil War
Michael Ediagbonya
Chapter 7: On Rwanda’s Civil War (October 1, 1990-April 6, 1994): Assessing the International Determinant
Fiacre Bienvenu
Chapter 8: The Sierra Leone Civil War: An Examination of Internal, Regional, and External Causes
Earl Conteh-Morgan
Chapter 9: The South Sudanese Civil War
Francis Onditi
Chapter 10: The Colonial Roots of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) War in Post-Colonial Northern Uganda
Sabastian Rwangabo and Julius Niringiyimana
PART III: LESSONS AND INSIGHTS
Conclusion: Beyond Civi1 Wars in Africa
Kelechi A. Kalu and George Klay Kieh, Jr.
Index
About the Editors and the Contributors