Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. African-Centered Conceptualizations of Africa in Mwalimu Abdul Aziz Said’s Work
(Abdul Karim Bangura, Center for Global Peace, American University, Washington, DC, US)
Chapter 2. Fractal Complexity in Mwalimu Abdul Aziz Said’s the African Phenomenon
(Abdul Karim Bangura, Center for Global Peace, American University, Washington, DC)
Chapter 3. Petroleum and the Nigerian State: A Historical Analysis of Mismanagement Using Abdul Aziz Said’s African Phenomenon Postulates
(Mustapha Abayomi Kadiri, Summit University, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria)
Chapter 4. Trade and Regional Intergration in the Mano River Union: A Saidan Perspective
(Falla Dominic Lamin, Institute of Public Administration and Management of the University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa)
Chapter 5. Faith and Reason in Nigeria’s Religious Space
(Segun Ogungbemi, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State, Nigeria)
Chapter 6. The Promise of Nonviolence: A New Stage in Human Evolution
(Barbara Wien, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC)
Chapter 7. Localizing Peace: The Strengths of Servant Leadership
(Betsy Valnes, Independent Scholar and Consultant, Washington, DC, US)
Chapter 8. The Iroquois Great Law of Peace: Team Mediations and Comparative Conflict Analysis
(Thomas Boudreau, Department of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland, US)
Chapter 9. The Local Roots of Global Sustainable Peace: A Test of the Essentiality of Mualim Abdul Aziz Said’s Bridges Not Barriers Axioms
(Hilda Dunkwu, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Arlington, Virginia, US)
Chapter 10. Creativity and Positive Peace: Transforming Conceptual Antagonism
(Maija Jespersen, Independent Researcher, Hong Kong, China)
Chapter 11. Mualim Abdul Aziz Said’s Fragile Flower: Alternative Methods and Strategies for Conflict Transformation and Peace-Building
(Rachael M. Rudolph, Arts and Sciences School, Webster University, Cha-Am, Phetchaburi, Thailand)
Chapter 12. South-South Cooperation for Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding in Somalia
(Francis Tazoacha, Young Peacebuilders, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa)
Chapter 13. Corrective’ Rape: A Proposed Flow Model
(Ashley Christine Bubna, United States Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, US)
Chapter 14. A Test of the Efficacy of Mualim Abdul Aziz Said’s Postulates on Ethnic Consciousness and United States Foreign Policy: African Americans’ Anti-Apartheid Push as a Case Study
(Anta Sane, Teranga Strategies, Dakar, Senegal, Africa)
Chapter 15. Basic Human Needs and International Development: A Saidan Perspective
(Nichelle S. Williams, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, Richmond, Virginia)
Index
Reviews
“The bookAbdul Aziz Said: The Mualim, The Inspiration</I> is, without a doubt, properly titled. Dr. Said served as an inspiration and a teacher (Mualim) for thousands of individuals in the larger American University community and beyond to the world of policy throughout his more than 50 years of association with that institution. His dedication to peaceful emphatic engagement with all humans without regard to belief, race, ethnicity, age, and gender set a high standard. This dedication is detailed with great affection by the contributions in this book, which his colleagues Abdul Karim Bangura and Mohammed Abu-Nimer have so respectfully edited.” – Louis Goodman, Professor and Emeritus Dean, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, USA
“Professor Abdul Aziz Said’s intellectual and spiritual contributions to peace studies and conflict resolution extend beyond academic circles into the actual practice of peace. His passion for and commitment to peace-making is extraordinary and has touched many people in the United States and abroad. His many published papers and books are a testament not only to his dedication but also to his unique knowledge of and effectiveness in peace-making and conflict resolution. We are proud and honored that Professor Said is a trustee of the El-Hibri Foundation. He certainly is a fountain of information on this subject and his guidance is always wise and balanced.”- Fuad El-Hibri, Trustee of the El-Hibri Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
“Professor Abdul Aziz Said, through scholarly articles, conferences and courses, developed the need for the dominant paradigms of International Relations to embrace non-Western approaches that include Islamic and Traditional paradigms. He cultivated through policy advocacy a new generation of scholars who would pursue peace by exploring the links among culture, ethnicity, identity and international conflicts. According to the maxim <I>bonum diffusifum sui i.e. “goodness diffuses itself,” this scholarly multi-disciplinary festschrift by former students and colleagues of Said celebrates the inclusion of those concerns in the contemporary paradigms of International Relations.”- Emmanuel Babatunde, Professor and Chair of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, USA
“Wherever I travel I encounter Professor Abdul Aziz Said’s former students whose life work has been influenced by his teaching. Each student was a testament to Professor Said’s ability to see the best in everyone and to recognize and nurture each person’s gift in promoting peace—principles seen in his writing and in this book. The book shows the constant light of Said’s life as a professor and as Mualim (teacher) in a world of constant changes. Each chapter adds to his ideas of promoting a culture of peace. For those who know Professor Said, this book will remind them of his wealth of knowledge, and for those who will be introduced to him by this book, it will be an inspiration.” – Mubarak Awad, Professor and Founder and National President of the Youth Advocate Program, Washington, DC, USA
