Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history and director of the Center for Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Joseph Kingsley Adjei is a PhD candidate in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Jesse J. Benjamin is associate professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Interdisciplinary Studies, at Kennesaw State University.Brandon D. Lundy is associate professor of anthropology and associate director of the PhD program in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.

Beginning with its title, Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa:Beyond Right and Wrong captures the rich spirit of indigenous conflict management attitudes and strategies in West Africa and beyond. It digs deep into the layers of understanding rolled up in traditional practices and examines their relation—often but not necessarily conflictual—with modern practice. This solid volume is built on conceptual developments and many cases that provide the basis for insight into traditional society and introspection into modern ways.

• Chapter One: Introduction: Reconciliation and Conflict Management in West Africa through Cultural TraditionsBrandon D. Lundy and Joseph Kingsley AdjeiGeneral and Conceptual FrameworksChapter Two: Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in the Contemporary AgeOlutayo C. AdesinaChapter Three: Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peacemaking in West AfricaSerwaa Brewoo and Mustapha AbdallahChapter Four: Border Disputes in Africa and Traditional Approaches to Resolving ThemJoan MbagwuChapter Five: “. . . in the Name of the Son”: the ‘Son’ as Scapegoat in African Literature.Kolawole OlaiyaGhanaChapter Six: The Role of the Chieftaincy Institution in Ensuring Peace in Ghana from Precolonial Times to the PresentJoseph Kingsley AdjeiChapter Seven: Colonial Justice and Conflict Management: The Case of Chief Seniagya and the Ashanti Golden StoolJoseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. AdebayoChapter Eight: Homegrown Crises, Homegrow

Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history and director of the Center for Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Joseph Kingsley Adjei is a PhD candidate in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Jesse J. Benjamin is associate professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Interdisciplinary Studies, at Kennesaw State University.Brandon D. Lundy is associate professor of anthropology and associate director of the PhD program in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.

Beginning with its title, Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa:Beyond Right and Wrong captures the rich spirit of indigenous conflict management attitudes and strategies in West Africa and beyond. It digs deep into the layers of understanding rolled up in traditional practices and examines their relation—often but not necessarily conflictual—with modern practice. This solid volume is built on conceptual developments and many cases that provide the basis for insight into traditional society and introspection into modern ways.

• Chapter One: Introduction: Reconciliation and Conflict Management in West Africa through Cultural TraditionsBrandon D. Lundy and Joseph Kingsley AdjeiGeneral and Conceptual FrameworksChapter Two: Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in the Contemporary AgeOlutayo C. AdesinaChapter Three: Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peacemaking in West AfricaSerwaa Brewoo and Mustapha AbdallahChapter Four: Border Disputes in Africa and Traditional Approaches to Resolving ThemJoan MbagwuChapter Five: “. . . in the Name of the Son”: the ‘Son’ as Scapegoat in African Literature.Kolawole OlaiyaGhanaChapter Six: The Role of the Chieftaincy Institution in Ensuring Peace in Ghana from Precolonial Times to the PresentJoseph Kingsley AdjeiChapter Seven: Colonial Justice and Conflict Management: The Case of Chief Seniagya and the Ashanti Golden StoolJoseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. AdebayoChapter Eight: Homegrown Crises, Homegrow

Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history and director of the Center for Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Joseph Kingsley Adjei is a PhD candidate in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.Jesse J. Benjamin is associate professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and Interdisciplinary Studies, at Kennesaw State University.Brandon D. Lundy is associate professor of anthropology and associate director of the PhD program in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.

Beginning with its title, Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa:Beyond Right and Wrong captures the rich spirit of indigenous conflict management attitudes and strategies in West Africa and beyond. It digs deep into the layers of understanding rolled up in traditional practices and examines their relation—often but not necessarily conflictual—with modern practice. This solid volume is built on conceptual developments and many cases that provide the basis for insight into traditional society and introspection into modern ways.

• Chapter One: Introduction: Reconciliation and Conflict Management in West Africa through Cultural TraditionsBrandon D. Lundy and Joseph Kingsley AdjeiGeneral and Conceptual FrameworksChapter Two: Conflicts in Africa: Negotiating Space for Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in the Contemporary AgeOlutayo C. AdesinaChapter Three: Exploring Indigenous Mechanisms for Peacemaking in West AfricaSerwaa Brewoo and Mustapha AbdallahChapter Four: Border Disputes in Africa and Traditional Approaches to Resolving ThemJoan MbagwuChapter Five: “. . . in the Name of the Son”: the ‘Son’ as Scapegoat in African Literature.Kolawole OlaiyaGhanaChapter Six: The Role of the Chieftaincy Institution in Ensuring Peace in Ghana from Precolonial Times to the PresentJoseph Kingsley AdjeiChapter Seven: Colonial Justice and Conflict Management: The Case of Chief Seniagya and the Ashanti Golden StoolJoseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. AdebayoChapter Eight: Homegrown Crises, Homegrow