The key role that indigenous approaches to conflict resolution and peacebuilding play in many
societies is too significant to ignore. In other words, the impact of indigenous approaches to
peacebuilding is vital to either glamorize or discount in International discourse (Funk & Said,
2010). Evidence showing the effectiveness of indigenous approaches to peacebuilding is observe
from several nation-states. For example, despite many conscious efforts by the International
community, there remained a plethora of unresolved conflict in South Sudan (Kriesberg, 1989;
Coleman, 2006). However, peace and reconciliation initiatives purely conducted in a traditional
Wunlit and Tali conference ensured some level of peace in Mundari, South Sudan (Wani, 2014).
Additionally, in the Acholi region of Northern Uganda, traditional approaches to conflict
resolution provided a framework for building a sustainable peace through a well-established
indigenous rituals and practices known as Mato Oput (literally drinking the bitter root) (Wasonga,
2009)