Published in association with the African Leadership Centre, this unique and much-needed series brings together leading African practitioners - from leaders of peace missions to UN special envoys - in order to provide critical perspectives on current understandings of peacebuilding and leadership. Featuring unique, insider accounts of peacebuilding processes; in-depth analysis of the institutional obstacles faced; as well as theoretical and practical insights into how the present paradigm might be changed, the series presents a repository of cutting-edge knowledge for anyone interested in conflict, security and development. The African Leadership Centre (ALC) is an internationally renowned academic unit based within King's College London, with a semi-autonomous research and training centre in Nairobi, Kenya. It incorporates a global community of scholars, whose cutting-edge research on peace, leadership, development and security issues aims to inform and influence intellectual debate, teaching and learning as well as policy discourses both in Africa and globally. Over the years the ALC has attracted some of the most influential African and global thought leaders, diplomats, military personnel, politicians and civil society leaders to speak at lectures and debates with its students in London and Nairobi. The ALC's overarching aim is to develop the next generation of African scholars, analysts and leaders. The series editors are Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin, ALC, King's College London; Shuvai Nyoni, Director, ALC Nairobi; and Dr Eka Ikpe, ALC, King's College London.