TITLE:
Peace Education in State Building: Towards a Better Understanding of Post-War Sierra Leone
AUTHORS:
Brima Patrick Kapuwa
KEYWORDS:
Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.9 No.9,
September
2,
2021
ABSTRACT: Peace
building in post was countries have posed several challenges to an extent that
the former war-torn countries stand the probability of relapsing into conflict
if the very reasons for which they went to war were not addressed. Often and
again, what characterizes negotiation and mediation skills to end a conflict
are most times supply driven from the perspectives of the international community. In very rare circumstances, the
parties to the conflict are involved in
developing the framework for peace talks, rather the parties are brought to the
negotiating table to discuss the framework developed by the peace experts. In
this piece, it is argued that ignoring core competencies and skills of peace education
and sensitization will continue to pose serious challenges to peace and
stability especially if the very reasons for which
the parties went to war are not included in an inclusive peace education
framework.