Democracy in Africa: Misrepresented or Tailored

Anuoluwapo Durokifa ()
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Anuoluwapo Durokifa: University of Johannesburg

Chapter Chapter 3 in Democracy and Africanness, 2022, pp 33-43 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Democracy in Africa has been continuously shaped by colonial and postcolonial experiences of different countries. Its adoption as a system of governance in Africa has remained questionable considering the impact on development and lack of dividends of democracy when compared with the experiences of many developed countries. This paper through a review examines the documented experiences of AfricanAfricans nations and elsewhere to expatiate on “AfricanAfricans Style of democracyDemocracies as a (mis)representationRepresentation of liberal democracyLiberal democracy”. Further, the paper will provide the answer to the following questions: what are the factors militating against democracyDemocracies in Africa? What are the challenges of democracyDemocracies in Africa? Can the democracyDemocracies in Africa be categorized as distinct or altered?

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11248-5_3

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