ABSTRACT
This chapter explores micro-level inter-community conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa and the peace building initiatives and practices implemented to respond to the conflicts. It also explores peace building projects focusing on grassroots micro-level conflicts and the intersections of these conflicts with some wider macro-level conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Micro-level theories that explain inter- or intra-communal conflict can be characterised as those experienced in non-ethnic situations and those that account for ethnicity at the individual level. The proliferation and internationalisation of peace building create a state in which peace and conflict are approached using conventional theories that may not apply in the global south. The African Union is apparently guilty of complicity in failing to deal decisively with conflicts whose nature spawns from land disputes and fight to control limited resources at micro-level communities. The resolution of conflicts within communities can result in strengthened inter-communal relationships which are essential for the creation of peace and stability in society.
