Bücher von Elias Nankap Lamle

Key pointers to Liberation Theology and Sustainable Spirituality are the two principal weapons of mass construction that emerge from this well written work by Nigerian anthropologist Dr. Elias Nankap Lamle. The Bible and the Holy Koran are getting a relook in which the author has tried his best to participate in the liberation of the Holy books from being less correctly interpreted by those blessed with light that is progressively increasing. Michael Angelös depiction of God, angels and saints are also brought under the scanner for further critical examination. The book opens a window for the study of the history of migration and minorities, culture and development studies, maritime history, missionary enterprise, international trade and commerce in luxury items and in the transaction and transportation of able-bodied Africans to every nook and corner of the known world. The present-day Afro-Indians in the Junagadh District in Gujarat on the Arabian seafront in Western India and the Siddis of Yellapur in the Karnataka State in South West India are descendants of African migrants of the bygone centuries.

This book asserts that traditional African societies depend on their tribunals to resolve their dispute. These tribunals include elders, chiefs, priest, priestesses, secret cult etc. In this book, respect is given to the position of such traditional structures as means through which virtually all-African conflicts can be transformed. This is so because African society is built on the principles of heterogeneity and close kinship, which a Hausa adage confirms as, it states "Hannunka bazai rube ba ka yasar dashi" "no matter the injury in your body you cannot cut off your hand and throw it away". Fundamentally this proverb bedrocks African approach to conflict resolution and peace building which is centered around mediation, reconciliation, adjudication, negotiation, so that at the end of the conflict, no matter how distasteful the outcome of the verdict is to any actor among the conflicting parties, they are expected to forgive each other and come back to the society and live a normal and harmonious life. This book suggests that engaging these principles can help transform African conflicts from its destructive tendencies to a constructive one.

Ksi¿¿ka zgadza si¿ z Zelez¿ (2004), która twierdzi, ¿e pisma i debaty na temat praw cz¿owieka, demokracji i konfliktów cz¿sto cierpi¿ na idealistyczne, legalistyczne, dualistyczne i etnocentryczne pu¿apki analityczne. Idealistyczne w tym sensie, ¿e prawa cz¿owieka s¿ zredukowane do idei wyabstrahowanych ze spo¿ecznej rzeczywisto¿ci historii, tak ¿e s¿ postrzegane jako wynik koncepcji, a nie konfliktów, nie pod¿egä, nie filozofii, nie polityki. Legalistyczne w tym sensie, ¿e ich pochodzenie znajduje si¿ przede wszystkim w s¿dach, nie w kulturze, procedurze, nie praktyce, retoryce, nie rzeczywisto¿ci, kodach, nie ewentualno¿ci. Dualistyczne w tym, ¿e albo polaryzuj¿, albo priorytetowo traktuj¿ prawa obywatelskie i polityczne wobec praw gospodarczych i spo¿ecznych i na odwrót. I etnocentryczne, poniewä ich ¿ród¿o - zazwyczaj znajduje si¿ na Zachodzie, zarówno przez uniwersalistów, jak i relatywistów. Ksi¿¿ka angäuje te parametry do przes¿uchiwania demokracji, praw cz¿owieka i konfliktów w Afryce, Azji, na Pó¿wyspie Arabskim, w Ameryce Po¿udniowej i porównuje je z praktykami na Zachodzie.

This book begin with large and exotic quote from renowned conflict specialist David Augsburger (1992:62) a Professor of Counselling who compared conflict to sex. ¿Conflict, to choose a simile, is like sex. The Victorians symbolizes sex as something one must tolerate, not enjoy. Like sex, conflict should be a norm between persons committed to continuity, should also occur with appropriate frequency, be mutually exciting, activate both parties equally to contribute their best selves, and be prolonged until mutually satisfactory climax is possible for each. When it is over, both should feel better as a result. And its energy should empower other areas of life with vitality and creativity. Like sex, conflict is a source of joy, fulfilment, empowerment and celebration.¿ Augsburger posits that like sex, conflict that is constructively managed could be an instrument of social transformation. However if it not properly managed it could also be destructive. Engaging Augsburger, the book argues that African conflicts can be transformed from its destructive tendencies to constructive and developmentally potent instruments. Other aspects of conflict and peace studies in Africa is discussed