Traditional approaches to peacemaking and conflict resolution : the case of Wunlit, South Sudan.
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2003
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This study explores how traditional conflict resolution mechanisms were used to transform the conflict between the Dinka and Nuer communities in Wunlit, south Sudan in 1999. Various people perceived, experienced and played different roles in the process. Through story telling and the sacrifice of a white bull, the two communities entered a covenant which still holds four years later. The merger of previously antagonistic liberation movements with strong Dinka and Nuer constituencies, respectively, two years after Wunlit is seen by some as a dividend of Wunlit. People-centred peacemaking processes can be credited for contributing to enduring peace.
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Thesis (M.Com.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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Violence--Prevention--Sudan., Peace--Economic aspects., Conflict management--Sudan., Theses--Conflict resolution and peace studies.