TY - GEN AU - AU - Simpson, Dick W TI - African democracy and development : : challenges for post-conflict African nations SN - 9780739197998 AV - DT352.8 .A37 2013 PY - 2014/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Lexington Books KW - Postwar reconstruction KW - Congresses KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan| KW - Sierra Leone KW - Nation-building KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Democratization KW - Economic development KW - Political aspects N1 - "The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois at Chicago"--Introd ; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Introduction / Cassandra R. Veney -- No justice, no peace : the elusive search for justice and reconciliation in Sierra Leone / Sylvia Macauley -- The role of ex- combatants in Mozambique / Jessica Schafer -- Memory controversies in post-genocide Rwanda : implications for peacebuilding / Elisabeth King -- Land reform, social justice, and reconstruction : challenges for post-genocide Rwanda / Helen Hintjens -- Elections as a stress test of democratization in societies : a comparison of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo / John Yoder -- Partners or adversaries? : NGOs and the state in postwar Sierra Leone / Fredline A.O. M'Cormack- Hale -- Chieftancy and reconstruction in Sierra Leone / Arthur Abraham -- The role of African diasporas in reconstruction / Paul Tiyambe Zeleza -- The role of the African Union in postwar reconstruction in Africa / Thomas Kwasi Tieku -- Governance challenges in Sierra Leone / Osman Gbla -- Challenges of governance reform in Liberia / Amos Sawyer -- Achieving development and democracy / Dick Simpson ER -