This volume documents and analyses the strategies used by African civil society organisations
to lobby for and enact transitional justice measures in their countries. The book offers local
practitioners and African scholars space to reflect on the development and effectiveness of
strategies in promoting transitional justice as well as to identify the theoretical and
contextual influences on transitional justice work. Most importantly it presents lessons and
best practices for advocating transitional justice. This edited volume fills a significant gap
by providing an up-to-date regional African perspective on transitional justice in the form of
a compilation of country-specific and thematic analyses of agenda-setting and lobbying efforts.
It also offers insights into the state-civil society relationship on the continent. While
including some historical perspective the book chapters provide fresh and up-to-date insights
into ongoing transitional justice efforts that are key to defining the future of how the field
is understood in theory and in practice.
