Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction Re-centering Justice in African Studies Jessica Johnson George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane 1
Part I Morality, Religion, and Languages of Justice
1 Competing Conceptions of Justice in Colonial Buganda Jonathon L. Earle 33
2 Legal Pluralism and the Pursuit of a Just Life Muslim Views on Law and Justice in East Africa Felicitas Becker 51
3 Social Justice and Moral Space in Hospital Cancer Care in Kenya Benson A. Mulemi 72
4 Relational Justice and Transformation in Postapartheid South Africa Duncan Scott 92
Part II Gender Justice
5 Chilungamo and the Question of LGBTQ+ Rights in Malawi Alan Msosa 115
6 Justice Intervention Mobile Courts in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Patrick Hoenig 139
7 Conflicting Conceptions of Justice and the Legal Treatment of Defilement Cases in Malawi Ngeyi Ruth Kanyongolo Bernadette Malunga 159
8 "Home People" and "People of Human Rights" Understanding Responses to Rape in Northern Uganda Holly Porter 179
Part III Resources, Conflict, and Justice
9 Out of the Mouths of Babes Tracing Child Soldiers' Notions of "Justice," ca. 1940-2012 Stacey Hynd 201
10 Good and Bad Muslims Conflict, Justice, and Religion among Somalis at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in Kenya Fred Nyongesa Ikanda 222
11 Land Restitution (Old and New), Neotraditionalism, and the Contested Values of Land Justice in South Africa Olaf Zenker 243
12 Transitional Justice and Ordinary Justice in Postconflict Acholiland Anna MacDonald 264
Afterword Kamari Maxine Clarke 289
Bibliography 293
Contributors 325
Index 329