Understanding democracy and ethnicity as the bane of Africa’s political leadership: Makhura B. Rapanyane

Thabang Motswaledi and Makhura Rapanyane
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Thabang Motswaledi: Department of Political Studies and International Relations, School of Government Studies, North-West University, Vaal Campus, South Africa
Makhura Rapanyane: Lecturer, Department of Political Studies and International Relations, School of Government Studies, North-West University, Mafikeng campus, South Africa

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 342-347

Abstract: The specialty of African politics lies within its historical contents and background. The continent grew from strength to strength to attain its political development stronghold. By doing so over the years, the continent has been reflected in most states’ political development stronghold. While in some states, religion and tribal alliances are critical factors in political affiliation, in states such as South Africa and Kenya, democracy and ethnicity have been the leading courses to political development. Democracy and ethnicity have proven to be part of the party identification and evaluation factors and have also become the center point of growth and development in the state's politics. Thus, by focusing on Kenya and South Africa as case studies, the paper adopted a qualitative method of research to understand democracy as well as ethnicity as the bane of these states’ political development. Although much has been documented on either state's political development, little is understood about democracy and ethnicity as the bane of their political leadership from 1989 to 2021, which is the complete focus of the paper. The paper relied on qualitative research methodology to collect and analyze the data on democracy and ethnicity as the bane of Kenya and South Africa from 1989 to 2021. Therefore, the study relied on secondary sources such as accredited journal articles, books, and reports to collect and analyze data on the phenomenon at hand. Thus, the paper's main findings suggest that democracy and ethnicity are the strongholds of South Africa and Kenya's political leadership development. Therefore, the study relied on secondary sources such as accredited journal articles, books and reports to collect and analyse data on the phenomenon at hand. Thus, the main findings of the paper suggests that democracy and ethnicity are the stronghold of South Africa and Kenyas political leadership development. Key Words:Democracy, Ethnicity, Political Leadership, Kenya and South African Politics

Date: 2023
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