Conflict management and African politics : framing the links / Terrence Lyons and Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- pt. 1. NEW RESEARCH ON NEGOTIATION THEORY: Ripeness revisited : the perils of muscular mediation / Alan J. Kuperman ; Perverse negotiations : bribery, bargaining, and ripeness / Bertram I. Spector ; Putting "The practical negotiator" to the test : two examinations of the formula - details proposition / Pamela Chasek and Lynn Wagner -- pt. 2. THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF AFRICA: The evolution of Euro-African relations / Gilbert M. Khadiagala ; Post-Cold war conflict in West Africa / Terrence Lyons -- pt. 3. CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AFRICA: Conditions for mediation success : evaluating US initiatives in Sudan and Liberia / Donald S. Rothchild ; The Zimbabwe independence settlement revisited : race, land, class, and ripe moments / Fadzai Gwarazimba ; African conflict "Medicine" : an emerging paradigm shift in African conflict resolution / Ben K. Fred-Mensah.