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- Independent African states were forced to build nations alongside the states they inherited from colonial rule. It soon became apparent that African political realities are dominated by the much narrower political identity of ethnicity rather than the idea of the ‘nation’.
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Dec 31, 2023 · Similarly, elites’ mischief-making aggravates judiciary systems that fail to protect the rights of Africans. Executive rascality and harassment of judges by state security agencies impede social and economic development. These factors had led to the failure of the post-independence politics in Africa.
- Post-Independence African Economies: 1960–2015 | SpringerLink
Abstract. Ocran points out that the 1960s was momentous in...
- Introduction: Theorizing Development in Post-independence Africa
In addition to poor leadership, corruption, and misinformed...
- Post-Independence African Economies: 1960–2015 | SpringerLink
Jun 26, 2023 · The rationale behind this paper is to reflect that in a post-independence era, Africa has struggled to consolidate good governance, accountability, and inclusive politics. The subsequent implications of this have been widespread conflicts and the emergence of violent armed groups.
Oct 29, 2020 · Spaces of progressive thought and learning have been fragmented, knowledge production has been monopolized by the free market logic, and tendentious mis-readings of the post-independence period as ideological, statist, and inefficient abound, facilitating a sense best summed up by the Thatcherite pronouncement that "there is no alternative."
Working paper. ~ It is widely believed that, by comparison with other developing regions, Africa's post-Independence development record has been one of failure. Part 1 below examines the evidence on this and the remainder of the paper is taken up with examining explanations of this record.
rst two decades of post-independence development in Africa by casting it as an unmitigated failure. e World Bank even proclaimed those post-independence decades lost years . e narrative of failure was constructed in a manner that sought to question the foundational principles of autonomous
