'Traditional' approach to conflict transformation or resolution is not the same as 'local' approaches. 'local' and 'traditional' are, therefore, not synonyms. while traditional approaches which to some extend can also pass as indigenous, vice versa is essentially traditional. Local approach is thus an all encompassing term which includes traditional, indigenous and adapted Western mechanisms. most of the approaches in this volume are essentially local not because they are traditional or indigenous. but largely because they have been domesticated for relevance in a locality. Many of the contemporary approaches as the papers revealed are more of transferred mechanisms (usually from the West or based on Western models) that were adapted to suit local peculiarities.
Generally the essays contained in this volume have further investigated some of the issues relating to local mechanisms for conflict transformation and their limitations on the one hand and on the other, have integrated their potency given the reality of impact of modernization and globalization. 

CONTENTS
1. Introduction – Bayo Okunade ……………………………….................….p. 7
2. The challenges of designing and implementing
Strategic plans for peace-Imran abdulrahman ………………...................p.18
3. Indigenous conflict resolution methods among
the fulbe of adamawa state- umar a. pate and garba kawu ……........…p. 27
4. Managing chieftency disputes in yorubaland:the past and
the present – isola olomola ……………………………………….........................p. 33
5. Limits of local government’s capacity to
transform grassroots discontentment in Nigeria – j. o. aluko ……….......p. 44
6. Amazons go to war without weapons: women and the
conflict in escravos, niger delta, Nigeria – joy ngozi ezeilo ……..........….p. 67
7. Women in peace building in west Africa:a
practitioner’s perspective – Thelma ekiyor …………………......................…p. 75
8. Legal responses to ethnic and religious conflicts in
Nigeria – john a. yakubo ………………………………………...........................….p. 86
9. The lagos multi-door courthouse (LMDC) and the judge:
a new beginning – kehinde aina …………………………….…........................…p. 109
10. Nigeria’s truth and reconciliation commission
and the crisis of it interpretation – Isaac olawale albert …………...........…p. 119
11. CRESNET and management of community
conflicts – samie ihejirika……………………………………............................……p. 132
12. Institudes for peace and conflict resolution (ICPR) and
its conflict transformation mandate in Nigeria – Sunday a. ochoche ......p. 141
13. Cultural contents of conflict transformation training
programmes in Nigeria – shedrack gaya best …………………….............…..p. 148