Wars and Conflicts in Africa

Sunday, March 30th

8:00am-8:30am - Shuttle Service between Hotel and Conference.
8:30am-9:00am - Breakfast
9:00am-10:30am - Panel Session H

H1 THE NIGER DELTA: GOVERNANCE, THE STATE AND SECURITY
Location – Quadrangle 3.304

Chair: Okpeh Okpeh

Conflicts in the Niger Delta: Assessing Governance Failure
Nnaemeka Ekwosimba, Carleton University (Canada)

Crude Oil, State Failure and the Reproduction of Conflict in the Niger Delta: Implications for Security in the Gulf of Guinea
N.Oluwafemi Mimiko, Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria)

Civil Society and Conflict Resolution Policies in Nigeria
Robert Dibie, Indiana University – Kokomo

Delta Crises and the Engendering of Izozo
Glory Ofili, University of Benin (Nigeria)

Liberation Movements and Violence in the Niger Delta: The New Contentious Site of Oil and Environmental Politics
J. Shola Omotola, Redeemer's University (Nigeria)

H2 KNOWING WAR; LEARNING PEACE
Location – Lone Star Room 3.208

Chair: Ayandiji Daniel Aina

Peace Education, Historical Reinterpretation, and Refugee Youth
Chike McLoyd, University of Pennsylvania

Pedagogies of Pain: Teaching “Women, War and Militarism in Africa”
Alicia C. Decker, Purdue University

An Analysis of Communal Conflicts among the Tiv of Central Nigeria and Some Suggested Conflict Management Strategies
Simeon Gbor, Benue State University (Nigeria)

Students of Higher Institutions / Host Communities’ Conflicts in Yoruba Speaking Areas of Southern Nigeria Since 1979
Elizabeth Adenike Ajayi, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Lagos (Nigeria)

Education’s Role in Cultural and Religious Conflict
Jamaine Abidogun, Missouri State University

10:45am-12:15pm - Panel Session I

I1 INTRACTABLE LOCAL CONFLICTS
Location – Quadrangle 3.304

Chair: Tyler Fleming

“The New Moon”: The Politics of the Ilorin War and Yoruba-Borgu Alliance
Julius O. Adekunle, Monmouth University

The Origin and Causes of the Ife Modakeke Conflict: The Greed – Grievance Debate
Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi, Redeemer’s University (Nigeria)

Killing for Milk and Blood: An Exploration of the Internecine Border War between the Karamojong of Uganda and Pokot of Kenya over Livestock
Maurice Amutabi, Central Washington University

Akoka Yoruba in the 19th Century: A Study of the Response of a Frontier Region to the 19th Century Wars
Folasade O. Ifamose, University of Abuja (Nigeria)

I2 HISTORICAL DISPUTES INVOLVING LAND, REFUGEES AND STATE RECONSTRUCTION

Location – Lone Star Room 3.208

Chair: Augustine Agwuele

Farmer-Grazer Conflicts in the Southern Cameroon Grasslands, 1916 - 1960
Emmanuel M. Mbah, CUNY–College of Staten Island

Land Factor in Wars and Conflicts in Africa: The Case of the Nuba Struggle in the Sudan
Guma Kunda Komey, Juba University (Sudan)

Post-Conflict Authority and State Reconstruction in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Laura Seay, University of Texas at Austin

Etonism, the Philosophy of Tolerant Reason as a Suggestion for Post-War Angola
António Tomas Ana [and Patricio Batsikama], Artist (Angola)

I3 WARS AND CONFLICTS IN AFRICA: REASONS AND REASONING
Location: Garrison Hall
Chair: Roy Doron

Rethinking the Conflict Question in Africa: Is There an End in Sight and in Whose Interest?
Nwando Joy Obika, Ministry of Justice (Anambra State, Nigeria)

Causes of Wars and Conflicts and How they have Changed over Time
Moshood Babatunde Abdul-Wasi, Lagos State University (Nigeria)

A Critical Investigation of Armed Conflicts and the Rules of Engagement: The Nigerian-Biafran War in Perspective
Ihediwa N. Chimee, University of Nigeria – Nsukka (Nigeria)

Process and Methods of Conflict Management and Justice Dispensation among the Yoruba People of Nigeria, 1820 – 1960
Adegoke Mutair Ayodele, Independent Scholar (Nigeria)

Political Violence and Gender Vulnerability
Austin Omoruan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Nigeria)

Impact of Niger-Delta Conflicts and Wars on Family System in South-South Nigeria
Justina Oghenerioborue Ogboru, Adeyemi College of Education (Nigeria)

Exploring and Explaining the Underlying Causes of Secessionist Conflicts: The Biafran Case in Focus
Ihediwa N. Chimee, University of Nigeria – Nsukka (Nigeria)

Gender Dimensions of War and Conflict
Abiodun Surajudeen Fatai, Lagos State University (Nigeria)


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