Ancient Dispute Resolution Practices and their Lessons for Today: The African Contribution

This book examines the import, variety and convergence of African Dispute Resolution and their relevance in contemporary times. It draws on six decades of African experience; thirty years of scholarship in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and African Dispute Resolution; twenty years of research in peace studies and anthropology and the following twenty-five questions:
• How did people live in pre-colonial Africa?
• What types of disputes and dispute resolution mechanisms existed in pre-c...