Building Nations: Transitional Justice in the African Great Lakes Region
C Villa-Vicencio, P Nantulya
& T Savage (eds)
ISBN: 0-9584794-4-X

225 x 120 mm

R120

About this publication

A guide to the politics of transition in the African Great Lakes region is desperately needed. Building Nations provides an uncomplicated roadmap of the prevailing political situation in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

Africa has its ample share of failed states and corrupt leaders, but there are also signs of positive transition in several African countries, where we see movement from autocratic, violent rule to the beginnings of democracy.

Human rights purists can be strident in their critique of African ruling parties and the incremental or erratic changes they offer. Africa needs such principled critiques. It also needs informed recognition of genuine progress when it occurs, however hesitant the advances may be, if we are not to sacrifice the good on the altar of perfection.

The insights offered in this collection support the effort to recognise genuine advances, and to engage in constructive, informative and critical debate.

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