Abstract
In their definition of liberation psychology, Montero and Sonn (2009) stressed the need for psychologists to transform both people and environments by rupturing social processes buoyed by social identities. Adding further to the peace implications of Montero and Sonn’s work, Mayengo et al. (2018) stated that “practices of liberation yield to peace-building with the understanding that violence in all forms diminishes the capacity for people to live together harmoniously” and therefore, attention to peace is essential to strivings for liberation. Mayengo and his colleagues are a research team that consists primarily of faculty from different ethnic groups in Uganda.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Abbas, H., & Mama, A. (2014). Editorial: Feminism and pan-Africanism. Feminist Africa,19, 1–6.
Anderson, D. (2005). Histories of the hanged: The dirty war in Kenya and the end of empire. London: Wedenfeld & Nicolson.
Aptheker, H. (1943). American Negro slave revolts. New York: Cameron Associates.
Brown, B. (2010). Gifts of imperfection: Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are. Center City, MN: Hazeldon.
Bulhan, H. A. (1985). Frantz Fanon and the psychology of oppression. New York: Plenum.
Burgis, T. (2015). The looting machine: Warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa’s wealth. New York: Public Affairs.
Burnham, L. (1990). USA perspectives: Linda Burnham. In A. Alkalimat (Ed.), Perspectives on black liberation and social revolution: Radical tradition and a legacy of struggle (pp. 20–33). Chicago, IL: Twenty-First Century Books.
Chapman, A. R. (2007). Truth commissions and intergroup forgiveness: The case of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology,13(1), 51–69.
Christie, D. J., Tint, B. S., Wagner, R. V., & Winter, D. D. (2008). Peace psychology for a peaceful world. American Psychologist,63(6), 540–552. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.63.6.540.
Dixon, B. A. (2018, April 12). Deep state restrained Obama: Will it restrain Trump? Time to Abandon mere hope for action. Black Agenda Report.http://www.blackagendareport.com.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (2007 [1952]). In battle for peace: The story of my 83rd birthday. Oxford: Oxford University.
Esedebe, P. O. (1994). Pan-Africanism: The idea and movement, 1776–1991 (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Howard University.
Espy, J. (2015, October 13). Advancing the anti-racist struggle in the Dominican Republic. Black Agenda Report.http://blackagendareport.com/print/anti-racist_struggle_in_dominican_republic.
Fantina, R. (2018, 27 November). How the U.S. creates ‘Sh*thole’ countries. Black Agenda Report.https://blackagendareport.com/how-us-creates-shthole-countries.
Fontaine, P.-M. (1982). Walter Rodney; Revolutionary scholar in the Guyanese political cauldron. In E. A. Alpers & P.-M. Fontaine (Eds.), Walter Rodney: Revolutionary and scholar: A tribute. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Afro-American Studies and African Studies Center.
Gobodo-Madekizela, P. (2003). A human being died that night. Boston, MA: Houghton-Mifflin.
Guldbrandsen, C. (Producer and Director). (2012). Stealing Africa (Motion picture). Finland: Global Voices.
Hedges, C. (2015). Wages of rebellion: The moral imperative of revolt. New York: Nation.
Hedges, C. (2016). Chris Hedges talks with David Talbot about the most forbidden topics in America. New York: Hot Books.
Helms, J. E. (1990a). Black and white racial identity: Theory, research, and practice. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Helms, J. E. (1990b). Training manual for diagnosing racial identity in social interactions. Topeka, KS: Cultural Communications.
Horne, G. (2009). Mau Mau in Harlem? The U.S. and the liberation of Kenya. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Johnson, C. (2004). The sorrows of empire: Militarism, secrecy, and the end of the republic. New York: Owl.
Kingsley, P. (2018, June 27). Migration to Europe down sharply: So is it still a crisis? New York Times.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/27/world/europe/europe-migrant-crisis-change.html.
Lake, D., & Rothchild, D. (1996). Containing fear: The origins and management of ethnic conflict. International Security,21(2), 41–75.
Lama, His Honorable Dalai Lama. (2012). Beyond religion: Ethics for a whole world. Boston, MA: Mariner.
Lorde, A. (1984). Sister outsider: Essays and speeches. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed.
Martín-Baró, I. (1994). Writings for a liberation psychology. (Edited by A. Aron & S. Corne). Cambridge: Harvard University.
Maté, A. (2017, October 24). U.S. Military Breeds Violence in Africa. The Real News (TRN).https://therealnews.com/stories/bfletcher1024africa).
Mayengo, N., Namusoke, J., Byamugisha, G., Sebukalu, P., Kagaari, J., Auma-Okumu, S., … Dennis, B.(2018). A study of Ugandan children’s perspectives on peace, conflict, and peace-building: A liberation psychology approach. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 24(3), 354–363.
Mills, C. W. (1999). The racial contract. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
Montero, M., & Sonn, C. C. (2009). Psychology of liberation: Theory and applications. New York: Springer.
Morrison, T. (1992). Playing in the dark: Whiteness and the literary imagination. Cambridge: Harvard University.
Murithi, T. (2006, September 25). African approaches to building peace and social solidarity. African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/%EF%BF%BCafrican-approaches-to-building-peace-and-social-solidarity/.
Nkosi, K. (2018, November 11). Personal communication.
Nobles, W. W. (2015). Cultural resistance to psychic terrorism. InThe SAGE Encyclopedia of African cultural heritage in North America (pp. 322–326).
Pilecki, A., Muro, J. Am., Hamack, P. L., & Clemons, C. M. (2014). Moral exclusion and the justification of U.S. counterterrorism strategy: Bush, Obama, and the terrorist enemy figure. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology,20, 285–299.
Reeves, P. (2018, March 15). Brazilians protest after black human rights activist is murdered. National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/15/594005158/brazilians-protest-after-black-human-rights-activist-is-murdered.
Robinson, R. (2007). An unbroken agony: Haiti, from revolution to the kidnapping of a president. New York: BasicCivitas.
Staub, E. (2004). Justice, healing, and reconciliation: How the people’s courts in Rwanda can promote them. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology,10(1), 25–32.
Staub, E. (2013). Building a peaceful society: Origins, prevention, and reconciliation after genocide and other group violence. American Psychologist,68(7), 576–589.
Tabary, Z. (2018, June 18). Climate change a ‘man-made problem with a feminist solution,’ says Robinson. Thomas Reuters Foundation News. Retrieved from http://news.trust.org/item/20180618184812-gcb1a/.
The Black Alliance for Peace. (n.d.). The black alliance for peace: A people(s)-centered human rights project against war, repression, and imperialism. Retrieved from https://blackallianceforpeace.com/#home-above-fold.
Thompson, C. E. (1997). Facilitating racial identity development. In C. E. Thompson & R. T. Carter (Eds.), Racial identity theory: Applications to individual, group, and organizational interventions (pp. 33–47). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Thompson, C. E., & Alfred, D. M. (2009). Black liberation psychology and practice. In H. A. Neville, B. M. Tynes, & S. O. Utsey (Eds.), Handbook of African American psychology (pp. 483–494). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Transcend Media Services (TMS). (2017, March 20).AFRICOM Spearheads Escalation of U.S. Scramble for Africa. Transcend Media Services (TMS). https://www.transcend.org/tms/2017/03/africom-spearheads-escalation-of-us-scramble-for-africa/.
Trouillot, M.-R. (1995). Silencing the past: Power and the production of history. Boston, MA: Beacon.
Vitali, A., Hunt, K., Thorp V, F. (2018, January 12). Trump referred to Haiti and African nations as “Shithole” countries. National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC] News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946.
West, C. (2015). The radical King. Boston, MA: Beacon.
West, C., & Buschendorf, C. (2014). Black prophetic fire. Boston, MA: Beacon.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Thompson, C.E.F. (2019). The World Stage: Engaging in Transnational Liberation and Peace Work. In: A Psychology of Liberation and Peace. Pan-African Psychologies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13597-3_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13597-3_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-13596-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-13597-3
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and PsychologyBehavioral Science and Psychology (R0)