2017
DOI: 10.24193/csq.20.2
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South Africa and Rwanda: Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, Peacebuilding, Religious and Local African Authorities in Conflict Situations

Abstract: This paper explores the character of Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) in South Africa and the gacaca courts in Rwanda in a bid to understand how indigenous values emphasised within some of the different indigenous African cultures like Ubuntu (a quality that includes the essential human virtues -compassion and humanity) in South Africa

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“…This fact is in line with the findings of Awoh, Nkwi, Akinola, and Uzuduke on the conflicts between religious believers in Africa and Rwanda. According to them, the failure of the harmonious existence between religious believers was primarily due to the implementation of conflict resolution, which often did not consider the cultural values or traditions of local communities (Awoh and Nkwi 2017). This is different from Glazier, which showed that the dispute between religious believers globally could be resolved in two ways, including First, involving each religious individual in peace consensus; and Second, using a religious concept strategy as a reference for creating peace (Glazier 2018).…”
Section: Reflections On the Cultural And Religious Identity Of Pluralismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This fact is in line with the findings of Awoh, Nkwi, Akinola, and Uzuduke on the conflicts between religious believers in Africa and Rwanda. According to them, the failure of the harmonious existence between religious believers was primarily due to the implementation of conflict resolution, which often did not consider the cultural values or traditions of local communities (Awoh and Nkwi 2017). This is different from Glazier, which showed that the dispute between religious believers globally could be resolved in two ways, including First, involving each religious individual in peace consensus; and Second, using a religious concept strategy as a reference for creating peace (Glazier 2018).…”
Section: Reflections On the Cultural And Religious Identity Of Pluralismmentioning
confidence: 99%