Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa
About the Book Series
The book series reflects the diversities and emerging trends in Africa’s conflict, peace and security terrain. It promotes innovative and deep insights into the complexities, shifts as well as continuities in the conflict, peace and security landscapes across the continent after the Cold war, and particularly since the turn of the century. The series responds to the demand for new analyses that systematically unpack and provide fresh perspectives to existing and emerging trends, and actors: individual, non-state, state, cross-border, regional and transnational, including the connections between the local, the regional and global levels and institutions. Issues to be covered span diverse approaches to conflict, violence, security, peacebuilding, politics, resource governance, regional and global interventions, and transitional justice among others. The series include full-length single-authored monographs, multi-authored books, edited collections and high quality thesis conversions based on cutting-edge innovative and original research on Africa.
To submit a proposal for Routledge Studies in Peace, Conflict and Security in Africa please contact Routledge African Studies editor Helena Hurd, [email protected]
Post-War Angola: Hidden Costs and Lived Realities
1st Edition
Edited
By Dina de Sousa e Santos
March 10, 2027
This book assesses the long-term impacts of one of the longest wars in modern history: the 27-year Angolan Civil War. The book considers what happens when war ends, and how the invisible costs of conflict can be felt even decades afterwards. Considering the effects of the war from various angles ...
Development, Social Justice and Conflict Prevention in Africa: A Theoretical Reframing
1st Edition
By Colins Imoh, Obasesam Okoi, Dries Velthuizen
December 23, 2026
This book advances a new theory of preventive development that reconsiders the relationship between development, social justice, and conflict prevention in Africa. It argues that sustainable peace depends not simply on economic growth or security interventions, but on institutions that promote ...
The Nigerian Military in Internal Security Operations: Considerations, Capabilities, Contributions, and Challenges
1st Edition
Edited
By Samuel Oyewole
December 10, 2026
The Nigerian government has increasingly relied on the military for maintaining law and order and countering the proliferation of armed groups, many of which pose multidimensional threats to state authority, life, and property of the citizens, as well as national stability and prosperity. This book...
Vulnerable Communities and Human Rights in Conflict-Affected Ethiopia
1st Edition
Edited
By Meron Zeleke, Christophe Van der Beken
December 01, 2026
This book investigates the lived experiences of vulnerable communities affected by human rights violations in Ethiopia before, during, and after conflict. Providing empirically grounded insights into the connections between human rights and conflict, the book demonstrates how enhanced human rights ...
International Law and the Armed Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1st Edition
Edited
By Marko Svicevic, Martha M. Bradley
November 17, 2026
The armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has drawn in neighbouring States, regional organisations, United Nations peacekeeping forces and over 100 armed groups across its territory. With a history of conflict stemming from the era of colonisation through to the First and ...
South Sudanese Displacement and State-Making: “The previous war was better than this one”
1st Edition
By Catarina Inverso
November 17, 2026
This book examines the experiences of the South Sudanese displaced during the latest civil war, which caused a quarter of South Sudan’s population to flee their homes. It considers how these experiences relate to the ways in which the identities, rights and sense of belonging of displaced citizens ...
The Creation and Performance of Africa’s Security Architecture: Power, Institutions and Ideas
1st Edition
By John J. Hogan
October 08, 2026
The establishment of the African Union and its African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) in 2002 marked a fundamental transformation in how African states collectively address security challenges. This book examines the origins, institutional design, and early performance of APSA, revealing ...
African Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Urban Mobilities and Peacebuilding Trajectories
1st Edition
Edited
By Ibrahim Bangura, Cyril Obi, Irene D Mngutyo
September 28, 2026
This book investigates the lived experiences of Africa’s youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, tracing its impact on their mobilities, freedoms, and livelihoods. Bringing together diverse perspectives from across the continent, the book interrogates how African youth expressed their agency in urban ...
Resource Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Prospects for Peace via African Knowledge Systems
1st Edition
By Evelyn M. Birabwa Namakula
June 25, 2026
This book demonstrates how Afrocentric approaches, enshrined in African Indigenous knowledge systems, particularly the various expressions of Ubuntu (humanism) – can contribute to engendering peace, security, development, and effective natural resource governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo...
The Evolution of African Armies: From Indigenous and Colonial Forces to Modern Military Forces
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew E.Yaw Tchie
June 10, 2026
This book investigates how African armies in post-conflict societies are evolving and adapting to new and emerging threats. In recent years, multiple extremely complex armed conflicts have contributed to chronic instability and vulnerabilities in several African states and regions. This book ...
Globalised Resistance and the Bring Back Our Girls Movement: New Dimensions of Transnational Activism
1st Edition
By Titilope F. Ajayi
May 22, 2026
This book uncovers how women’s movements in the Global South are changing the face of transnational activism in their mobilisations against militarism and conflict-related gender violence. Drawing on the case study of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement established by Nigerian women for the ...
Postcolonial Politics in Sierra Leone, 1961-2001: Arrested Democracy and the Rise of Autocracy
1st Edition
By Gibril R. Cole
May 18, 2026
This book investigates the historical trajectory of postcolonial Sierra Leone, especially the persistence of a culture of political violence and autocratic tendencies. Regarded as a litmus test for the consolidation of democracy in postwar Sierra Leone, the 2023 national polls instead became a ...