Drivers of violence : male disempowerment in the African context / Anzetse Were

By:

Were, Anzetse

Publication details: MvuleAfrica Publishers Nairobi 2008Description: xi, 185 p.: ill. 21 cmISBN:

9966769609

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HQ1090.7.A35 W47 2008

Summary: Violent conflict is the order of the day in Africa, at home and in the body politic. The perpetrators of violations are invariably men. Why is the African man so violent against himself, his family, his neighbour and the stranger alike? What triggers the ubiquitous violence on the continent? These are the questions Anzetse Were? a young Kenyan intellectual and researcher? is posing. Her book Drivers of Violence is a provocative study of men?s role in African society.

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Violent conflict is the order of the day in Africa, at home and in the body politic. The perpetrators of violations are invariably men. Why is the African man so violent against himself, his family, his neighbour and the stranger alike? What triggers the ubiquitous violence on the continent? These are the questions Anzetse Were? a young Kenyan intellectual and researcher? is posing. Her book Drivers of Violence is a provocative study of men?s role in African society.

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