
Africa’s distorted conception of democracy
Africans are obsessed with concepts such as elections, term limits, peaceful transfer of power, and constitutional order, even though these have not improved their conditions. One wonders why
Africans are obsessed with concepts such as elections, term limits, peaceful transfer of power, and constitutional order, even though these have not improved their conditions. One wonders why
Africans are obsessed with concepts such as elections, term limits, peaceful transfer of power, and constitutional order, even though these have not improved their conditions. One wonders why
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Part of the problem facing Africa is that the agency to articulate the trials and tribulations of Africans has for long been usurped by foreigners. As a principle, everyone should get involved in debates on Africa, of course. However, rather than seek to understand Africa, these foreigners prefer to legislate for Africans how their societies should be, mostly based on how their own home countries are politically organised.
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