Edited by Alain Tschudin | Craig Moffat | Stephen Buchanan-Clarke | Susan Russell | Lloyd Coutts |
This is the second anthology published by Good Governance Africa (GGA) on the topic of extremism and political violence in Africa.
Over the past two decades, the rapid emergence and spread of extremist organisations has become a primary source of insecurity in Africa. Extremist organisations represent the fluid and variable nature of conflict systems today and are at the heart of some of Africa’s most enduring conflicts.
The inability of African states to contain the threat of extremism, or heavy-handed security responses, has led to the loss of thousands of lives, displaced millions, and deeply impacted the continent’s democratisation and development goals.
Origins of extremism in Africa
Extremisms in Africa, one of the first anthologies of its kind on this topic to be authored – and published – on the African continent, provided an account of how extremist groups arose in Africa and the various ways in which they have harnessed their global agendas to local conflict dynamics and structural challenges, enabling them to exploit the grievances of gullible individuals and communities for their cause.
In developing this anthology, Extremisms in Africa Volume 2, GGA wanted to focus on emergent trends, global geopolitics and conflict dynamics and how they merge to impact upon the African continent.
They have sought to engage diverse topics ranging from ecological concerns surrounding climate change and migration to the implications of such human movement for modern-day trafficking and slavery, and the roles of women and youth.
While these last two groups are often viewed passively, they show how women demonstrate an active and powerful role in the promotion of extremist groups and how youth gravitate towards ‘alternative realities’ when they feel disenfranchised and excluded from the possibility of realising future aspirations.
About the authors
Professor Alain Tschudin
SADC Executive Director Professor Alain Tschudin is a registered psychologist with a PhD in Psychology from Natal University. Alain was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, before returning to his studies, completing a MPhil in Divinity and a PhD in Ethics.
With a broad interest in research and community engagement, Alain has worked for universities and NGOs in Africa and Europe, such as the European Commission, and was the lead consultant for Save the Children and UNICEF in Africa and the Middle East.
He is an Honorary Research Associate on the Peace Building Programme at Durban University of Technology and was recently appointed as a Professor at the Wits School of Governance.
Dr Craig Moffat
Craig is a security specialist at Good Governance Africa’s National Security Project. He has more than 15 years of practical experience working for government institutions and multilateral organisations.
He was previously employed by the South African Foreign Service, where he worked extensively at identifying and analysing security threats towards South Africa as well as the southern Africa region.
Previously, he was the Political Advisor for the Pretoria Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Stellenbosch University.
Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
Stephen is a Security and Development Specialist with experience working in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa, primarily on issues of human rights approaches to security programming and policy formulation; transitional justice and reconciliation; and preventing and countering violent extremism.
He serves as Lead Researcher for the National Security Project at Good Governance Africa (GGA) where he co-edited Extremisms in Africa and Extremisms in Africa: Vol 2. He writes regularly for Afrobarometer on citizen perceptions of security in Africa as well as variety of news and media outlets on peace and security issues.
Susan Russell
Susan has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist, editor, publisher, and as a general manager. After university, she spent four years at the Daily News in Durban as a hard news reporter, before moving to Johannesburg to take up a position as legal reporter for Business Day.
After moving to the Sunday Times in 1997 she worked as a sub-editor, assistant editor, section editor and marketing manager for the title. Moving into management, she was appointed General Manager: marketing for Times Media, sitting on the company’s Exco for eight years.
During that time, she had overall responsibility for the brand management and marketing of the Sunday Times, and also took on the role of publisher for The Times, a new weekday newspaper.
Lloyd Coutts
Lloyd trained in journalism at the SAAN School in Port Elizabeth and holds a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies (Hons) degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.
He has worked as a reporter, sub-editor, news editor, assistant editor and acting editor for such publications as Business Day, The Star, Business Report and Sunday World.
He has experience in wire services, notably the German Press Agency (DPA), and radio (Network Radio News and Classic FM). He has worked in television news at eNCA. Lloyd also has digital media training and experience, and worked at www.enca.com as the Africa Editor.
- PUBLISHER | Tracey McDonald Publishers |
- ISBN | 978-0-6399928-2-2 |
- Recommended Retail Price | R285.00 |
- Classification | Current Affairs |
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