Democratizing Post-Colonial Africa
In an endeavor to enhance constructive, democratic and transparent governance for sustainable development in Africa, questions as to why Africa still remains with a poor record of Human Rights and Democracy should constantly reign supreme. It is in such respect that civic bodies such as the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) cater for the provision of an in-depth analysis and critique of African assertions and fallacies like, elections per se, amount to democracy. It can however be noted that elections in some African states e.g. Zimbabwe have never failed to take place but one inherent characteristic has been massive electoral fraud through coercive tactics, weak environment for the opposition to thrive thus blanketing the core tenets of democracy.
In the first turn of the 20th Century, Africa was reconfigured by widespread political regimes and repackaging of power blocs across the African continent triggered by the implosion of the former communist regimes, increased pace of globalization, the triumphalism of western liberal democracy, and increasingly assertive civil institutions. This has raised political issues such as, Why is opposition weak in Africa? Has Africa reached the TINA mode vis-à-vis globalization and liberal globalization? or Are there any new leaders in Africa or it is just old wine in new bottles? Despite a capitalistic economy, Ethiopia has adopted the Dominant Party State model of China, Taiwan and North Korea which is communist in its orientation where opposition politik is generally criminalized. The UNDP Report purports that,
“Without good governance-without the rule of law, predictable administration, legitimate power, and responsive regulation-no amount of founding, no amount of charity will set us on the path of posterity”. -Kofi Annan (cited in UNDP, 1997:20).
Many African states have advocated for the dispossession and marginalization of the people thus perpetuating a culture of corruption. Marginalization is
In the first turn of the 20th Century, Africa was reconfigured by widespread political regimes and repackaging of power blocs across the African continent triggered by the implosion of the former communist regimes, increased pace of globalization, the triumphalism of western liberal democracy, and increasingly assertive civil institutions. This has raised political issues such as, Why is opposition weak in Africa? Has Africa reached the TINA mode vis-à-vis globalization and liberal globalization? or Are there any new leaders in Africa or it is just old wine in new bottles? Despite a capitalistic economy, Ethiopia has adopted the Dominant Party State model of China, Taiwan and North Korea which is communist in its orientation where opposition politik is generally criminalized. The UNDP Report purports that,
“Without good governance-without the rule of law, predictable administration, legitimate power, and responsive regulation-no amount of founding, no amount of charity will set us on the path of posterity”. -Kofi Annan (cited in UNDP, 1997:20).
Many African states have advocated for the dispossession and marginalization of the people thus perpetuating a culture of corruption. Marginalization is