Cambridge Scholars Publishing AfroSymbiocity as a Psychology of Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa

This book highlights original and traditional African strategies for conflict resolution, based on four Basotho cultural concepts: namely, Botho (or unity of being), Pula (or universalism), Khotso (or communalism), and Nala (or humanism). In doing so, it provides the missing psychological and African cultural pieces in the puzzle of conflict and conflict resolution This paradigm, AfroSymbiocity, is Sub-Saharan African in scope, but will have universal relevance. The book transcends theory by demonstrating the application of traditional African peace and conflict resolution strategies through considering a historical personage, King Moshoeshoe, who effectively used authentic African conflict resolution strategies to forge harmony in Southern Africa, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book represents a major contribution to research and literature in peace and conflict studies, and will be vital for students, researchers, and professionals in peace studies, national and international decision makers, and bodies which strive for world peace. About the Author Dr Ilongo Fritz Ngale is a Psychologist and Guidance Counsellor. He is also a Senior Lecturer at the National University of Lesotho and Research Fellow with the Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa (IDRA) at the University of South Africa. His most recent book publications include Creative Education DDV: SEE Discover, Develop, Valorize Self-Employing Employers and TACO TEPO Live your dream, do not dream your life. He has also authored sixteen articles and contributed a book chapter to Corruption A New Thinking in Reverse Order. His research interests include workplace bullying, peace and conflict resolution, consciousness, African traditional psychology and counseling, religion and violence, and gender issues.