Book contents
- From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
- From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Understanding Processes of Change in Social Cohesion: Learning from Comparative History
- Part I Social Cohesion in Africa: Case Studies of Past and Present
- Part II Policies and Institutions for Social Cohesion
- Part III Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
- 13 National Cohesion in Africa
- 14 From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures in Africa
- Index
- References
14 - From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures in Africa
Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
from Part III - Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2019
Book contents
- From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
- From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Understanding Processes of Change in Social Cohesion: Learning from Comparative History
- Part I Social Cohesion in Africa: Case Studies of Past and Present
- Part II Policies and Institutions for Social Cohesion
- Part III Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
- 13 National Cohesion in Africa
- 14 From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures in Africa
- Index
- References
Summary
We summarise our findings by pointing out that, unlike earlier works, we believe both that it is possible for African peoples and governments to move beyond the mere management of ethnic, and other, difference, and that there is good evidence that they can themselves pursue this admittedly difficult task rather than, as others have suggested, under international supervision. Indeed, the comparative history of other parts of the world suggests that Africans must indeed rely on their own initiatives rather than on the experience of others.
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- From Divided Pasts to Cohesive FuturesReflections on Africa, pp. 426 - 431Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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