Mary's Books:
Mary E. King
A Quiet Revolution
The First Palestinian Intifada and Nonviolent Resistance
Freedom Song
A Personal Story of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement
Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict - Africa Series
         A series of publications edited by Mary King
© Mary Elizabeth King 2006 - 2010.  All rights reserved.
Bite Not One Another

‘Bite Not One Another’: Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa
chronicles events and activities from sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting colonial era
nonviolent struggles that resulted in independence and contemporary collective
action to secure human rights and social justice. Written by a young lecturer from
Sierra Leone, it also features examples of African women’s ongoing nonviolent
activism. 123 pp.
Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual

Strategic Nonviolent Struggle: A Training Manual is a tool for civil society
leaders—in youth movements and programmes, churches, athletics, and other
areas—who are interested in creating workshops or training programmes on
realistic alternatives to armed struggle. It presents an overview of the
effectiveness of nonviolent struggle and can complement the more theoretical
Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. 141 pp.
Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for
Youths

Only Young Once: An Introduction to Nonviolent Struggle for Youths is a
practical guide geared alike towards university or secondary school students,
young soldiers, young professionals, civil society leaders, and youthful
parliamentarians. It challenges the blind faith in violence so often found where
there is conflict while also explaining the basic ideas and principles of nonviolent
action. In the classroom, it can be used to supplement Teaching Model:
Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict. It also complements ‘Bite Not One
Another’: Selected Accounts of Nonviolent Struggle in Africa. 88 pp.
Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict

Teaching Model: Nonviolent Transformation of Conflict presents a framework
for use by instructors in teaching students the basic theoretical and historical
background of nonviolent action and successful practice of it. The model
assumes a twelve-week term for teaching one topic, or module, per week for
final-year undergraduates, but it can also be adapted for graduate work. Each
module contains a note to lecturers discussing crucial background needed to lead
a class on the topic, expected outcomes in student learning, concepts relevant to
that particular module, suggested class activities and exercises, and recommended
readings on each topic. The framework allows instructors to add resources from
their own country and to encourage students to write case studies about local
nonviolent campaigns and document breakthroughs by area non-governmental
organisations. 139 pp.
Peace Research for Africa: Critical Essays on Methodology

Research in the field of peace and conflict studies needs to improve the quality
and relevance of knowledge by and for Africa. This requires a healthy debate
over appropriate methodologies and epistemological approaches, the linkage
between theory and application as policy, and the ways in which peace and
conflict studies research can be usefully compared to that in other fields. This is
important for bridging the gap between the study of peace and conflict resolution
issues and on-the-ground peace-building activities in Africa, relating the theory
and empirical research to the practical needs of practitioners and decision makers.
Such research should offer both a conceptual foundation of applicable and
operational theory and case study examples that address ways in which political,
economic, and social factors influence conflicts in Africa. 368 pp.
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