Abstract
African scholars and experts have developed several methods and strategies of conflict management and peace-building, they have not been widely popularized as role models. Thus, researchers and practitioners have to fall back on theoretical frameworks and methodologies propounded in Europe and Asia in building peace in Africa. This has created problem of intellectual poverty for the continent. This paper, therefore, aims at promoting four Africans, who have distinguished themselves in peace-building to serve as role models. The characters are Anwar Sadat, Nelson Mandela, Harold Dappa-Biriye, and Yakubu Gowon. The paper adopts post-behavioural theoretical framework and applied purposive sampling technique, and finds that the efficacy of the methods of the characters have built confidential relationship among the people and parties. In the process, they have narrowed-down the gulf between theory and practice in peace-building in Africa. It concludes that the methodologies and strategies they applied become standard in peace-building for the benefit of humanity. The paper then recommends making the characters role models in peace-building and security studies as is done in other disciplines. Key words: Role model, peace and peace-building, security and conflict management.
Highlights
Several Africans have over the years propounded theories and developed methods and strategies of conflict management, resolution, and peace-building, but they are not been popularized
Our poverty and underdevelopment should never serve as reason for us to abandon our dignity as human beings, turning ourselves into... subservient recipients.”It is on record that men and women who have demonstrated exceptional skills for positive social change in philosophy, science, medicine, engineering, music, and other disciplines are honoured as idols or role models in that particular field
Information: He was born on 19 October 1934 to Mr and Mrs Nole Yohanna and Matwok Kurnyang Gowon in Kanke village in Pankshin Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State, Nigeria
Summary
Several Africans have over the years propounded theories and developed methods and strategies of conflict management, resolution, and peace-building, but they are not been popularized. This paper, aims at bringing together the works of four carefully selected African characters (earlier stated) to be referenced as role models in peace-building in the continent This is necessary because there has been a great deal of writings on conflict, peace and security studies (that is, conflictology), as well as discussions on the nature, sources and causes of conflicts, including methods, styles and strategies of managing conflicts without adequate attention given to the role of tested and proven idols in the discipline. The method is used in election prediction, and deviant case studies (Gabriel, 1965)
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