"Written from an African philosophical perspective, this is the first comprehensive examination of the social and political consequences of democracy in Africa"--
There are numerous different democratic systems in Africa, from the Igbo institutions that date back to the 15th century to Western-style democracy introduced by colonial powers. But what does democracy really mean for African nations? And what effect does it have on the lives of their people?
This is the first comprehensive examination of the social and political consequences of democracy in Africa. Written from an African philosophical perspective, leading and emerging scholars explore the impact of democracy in a continent dealing not only with the perennial issues of leadership failure, poverty and corruption but also with contemporary global concerns such as immigration, digital media and COVID-19.
With a focus first and foremost on the African people, this pioneering volume investigates how the challenges of democracy as a system affect their lived experience. Looking in particular at the sub-Sahara, it reveals the influence that the failures of democracy have on fundamental needs, including allocation of primary resources, autonomy, welfare, free speech and women's rights.
African Democracy: Impediments, Promises, and Prospects gives an unflinching insight into the struggles caused by democratic governance in Africa, whilst also, crucially, pointing to its accomplishments and the future possibilities for African nations.
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Written from an African philosophical perspective, this is the first comprehensive examination of the social and political consequences of democracy in Africa.
Introduction
1. Decolonising Democracy in Africa, Jonathan O. Chimakonam
2. Emenyere: A Pluri-versal Principle of Justice Studies in African Philosophy, Christiana Idika
3. Human rights and ethnic relation in Africa, Niels Wiedtmann
4. Democratic governance and Consensual Democracy, Bernard Matolino
5. Revisiting the democracy/autocracy and development debate through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christopher Isike
6. Education Against Racism and Sexism: Lessons in the Leadership of Charlotte Manye-Maxeke, a Pan-Africanist and African Renaissance Advocate, Sesanti Simphiwe
7. Ontology of Exclusion: Focusing on specific situations such as Xenophobia and ethnicity, Elvis Imafidon et al
8. Democratic Governance in Africa Against the Backdrop of Western Democracy, Marie Eboh
9. Individuals as Citizens: An Ontological Resolution of a Paradox of Democracy, Joseph N. Agbo
10. Africa's Development Challenges in the 21st Century, Enyimba Maduka
11. Democratic Governance and the Digital Media in Contemporary Africa, Aribiah Attoe and Jonathan Chimakonam
12. African Migration: Trends, Patterns, Drivers, M. L Flahaux and H. De Haas
13. Poverty and Democratic Participation in Africa, Munamoto Chemhuru
14. The Rise of Neo-Nationalism in Africa, Isaiah Negedu
15. Understanding Corruption through African Philosophies of Community and Gratification, Elvis Imafidon
16. Autonomy in the context of Democratic Governance in Africa, Onah Aloysius Uchechukwu
17. Freedom of Speech, the Phobia of Conversation and Political Development in Africa , Tosin Adeate
18. Equality and the distribution of resources in Africa, Emerson Abraham Jackson and Sona Jackson
19. A complementary reflection on African Environmental Philosophy, Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle
20. Secession/Failed State Syndrome and Democratic Dictatorships, Peter Echewija Sule
21. Democratic Governance in Africa and the LGBTQ and Women's Rights, Oluwaseun T. Babatuyi
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Jonathan O. Chimakonam is a Research Fellow in Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology at the University of South Africa, South Africa. His previous titles include Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies (2019) and he is also editor of African Ethics: A Guide to Key Ideas (2022) and author of African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic: A Decolonial Approach to Philosophy (2021).
Isaiah A. Negedu lectures in the Department of Philosophy at the Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria and is also a Fellow of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
