This edited volume examines the role of local civil society in shaping understandings and processes of transitional justice in Africa – a nursery of transitio

This volume documents and analyses the strategies used by African civil society organisations to lobby for and enact transitional justice measures in their coun

Despite its lauded political transition in 1994, South Africa continues to have among the highest levels of violence and inequality in the world. Organised surv

Transition and Justice examines a series of cases from across the African continent where peaceful ‘new beginnings’ were declared after periods of violence

Considering the core debates about how to develop a transitional justice agenda that best responds to the African context, this book addresses the tension betwe