Peace agreements have become necessary and legitimate tools for resolving conflicts and bringing about durable peace. This book carefully analyzes African experiences with peace processes in order to identify how these can be enhanced to ensure positive and sustainable peace in strife-ridden areas. Case studies from eight African countries provide a unique opportunity to understand the factors that promote or undermine the success of peace agreements. The agreements studied include those of Angola, Burundi, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Sudan, and...

Talent has been gathered from all around the world for this anthology. It offers a unique look at life through the eyes of people from different places and backgrounds. Poetry is something that can be found and appreciated the world over. That being said this group of poets is especially talented and I feel that their work will move you in one way or another. I'd like to give a special thanks to all of my contributors. Without you this book would have never happened. This book is dedicated to the people out there that have been to the brink and have made it back through writing. Poetry is a...