ABSTRACT
The problems of
violent conflicts in Africa today can be traced back to situations deeply
rooted in exploitation and colonial domination of Africa.
As far back as the days of the Atlantic slave trade to the period of colonial
subjugation, Africa witnessed one form of
violent conflicts or the other virtually unprecedented in the life of a typical
African. Further on was the scrabble for African territories which eventually
created artificially bounded nation-states.Â
Similar was the divide and rule method, which alienated Africans from
Africans. This method characterized the policies of the various colonial
administrations.    Â
This paper
admits that conflicts, not on a large scale, existed in pre-colonial Africa. It also examines the traditional methods of
resolving these conflicts in pre-colonial Africa
particularly among the Yorubas. However; the paper
traces the incessant ethnic/tribal conflicts or the civil wars on a large scale
that have pummeled various African societies since independence to the invasion
of the continent by European colonialism. It examines the implication of the
partitioning and creation of artificial boundaries in Africa
and how it leads to a breakdown of communication among artificially bounded
natives. The paper submits that the various violent conflicts in Africa are a direct consequence of colonial domination.
