Africa Day Memorial Lecture - Peacebuilding in Africa: Challenges, Trends and Futures

Speaker꞉ Prof Ismail Rashid
(Marion Musser Lloyd '32 Chair of History and
International Relations, Vassar College)
What would it take to build durable and meaningful peace in postcolonial Africa? Since the 1960s African
countries have struggled with overcoming the encumbrances of European colonialism, holding together the
fissiparous interests and forces within their territories, containing the destabilizing influences and pressures of
external actors, and establishing stable and peaceful environments for the majority of their peoples to fulfill
their needs and aspirations.