Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase found in the work of the Roman poet Juvenal which roughly translates, 'who shall guard the guardians'?
IN PREVIOUS articles, I have presented the warrior tradition in pre-colonial Africa as one of the most enduring themes in African history. Without a doubt, in pre-colonial times, militarism permeated the very fabric of African society, and prior to the European invasion, most African communities were conquest states with warrior kings and proud...
IT IS NOW WIDE KNOWLEDGE that Africa profiles some of the highest statistics of violent conflicts in the world. Further, for many years the treatment of conflicts in Africa has revolved around foreign conventional conflict resolution mechanisms to the exclusion of traditional African grassroots peace-making approaches. To be sure, mechanisms for...
