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Violence And Belonging: The Quest For Identity In Post-colonial Africa Explores The Crucial Formative Role Of Violence In Shaping People's Ideas About Who They Are In Uncertain Post-colonial Contexts. As Resources Dwindle And Wealth Is Contested, Identities And Ideas Of Belonging Become A Focal Area Of Conflict And Negotiation. Focusing On Fieldwork From Across The Continent, Case Studies Consider How Everyday Violence Ties In With Wider Regional And Political Upheavals, And How Individuals Experience And Legitimise Violence In Its Different Forms.--jacket. Violence And Belonging, Analytical Reflections / Vigdis Broch-due -- Nowadays They Can Even Kill You For That Which They Feel Is Theirs / Amrik Heyer -- Conflicts In Context, Political Violence And Anthropological Puzzles / Harri Englund -- Hunger, Violence And The Moral Economy Of War In Zimbabwe / Jocelyn Alexander, Jo Ann Mcgregor -- Violence And The Boundaries Of Belonging, Comparing Two Border Disputes In The South African Lowveld / Isak Niehaus -- Fertile Moral Links, Reconsidering Barabaig Violence / Astrid Blystad -- Food Itself Is Fighting With Us, A Comparative Analysis Of The Impact Of Sudan's Civil War On South Sudanese Civilian Populations Located In The North And The South / Sharon Elaine Hutchinson -- The Politics Of Identity And The Remembrance Of Violence And Gender At The Installation Of A Female Chief In Zimbabwe / Björn Lindgren -- Double-voiced Violence In Kenya / John G. Galaty -- Escape From Genocide, The Politics Of Identity In Rwanda's Massacres / Johan Pottier -- Women And The Politics Of Identity, Voices In The South African Truth And Reconciliation / Fiona C Ross -- Ambiguous Identities, Notion Of War And Significant Others Among The Tigreans Of Ethiopia / Kjetil Tronvoll. Edited By Vigdis Broch-due. Most Of The Chapters Of This Volume Come From A Larger Collection Of Papers Produced For A Conference Held In 2000 Under The Auspices Of The Research Programme 'poverty And Prosperity In Africa: Local And Global Perspectives' At The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.