Peace versus justice? : the dilemma of transitional justice in Africa / edited by Chandra Lekha Sriram and Suren Pillay.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Peace and justice in Africa. The politics of transitional justice / Yasmin Louise Sooka -- Inclusive justice: the limitations of trial justice and truth commissions / Charles Villa-Vicencio -- Prosecute or pardon?: between truth commissions and war crimes trials / Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu -- Gender and truth and reconciliation commissions: comparative reflections / Sheila Meintjes -- Transitional justice, democratisation and the rule of law / Mireille Affa'a Mindzie. Part II. Truth and reconciliation process. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission from a global perspective / Alex Boraine -- Reflecting on the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission: a peacebuilding perspective / Thelma Ekiyor -- Peace versus justice?: a view from Nigeria / Matthew Kukah -- A path to peace and justice: Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission in retrospect / Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah -- Peace and justice: Mozambique and Sierra Leone compared / John L. Hirsch. Part III. War crimes tribunals. Sierra Leone's 'not-so' Special Court / Abdul Tejan-Cole -- Charles Taylor, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and international politics / Abdul Rahman Lamin -- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: reconciling the acquitted / Wambui Mwangi. Part IV. Indigenous justice. The politics of peace, justice and healing in post-war Mozambique: 'Practices of Rupture' by Magamba Spirits and Healers in Gorongosa / Victor Igreja -- Indigenous justice or political instrument?: the modern Gacaca Courts of Rwanda / Helen Scanlon and Nompumelelo Motlafi. Part V. The International Criminal Court: problems and prospects. The International Criminal Court Africa experiment: the Central African Republic, Darfur, Northern Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Chandra Lekha Sriram -- The International Criminal Court in Darfur / Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza.