"Power in Africa" casts a fresh look at contemporary Black African
politics. It argues that our understanding of Africa has all too
often been hampered by the limitations of the concepts and
approaches we have used. It reviews the merits and failings of
existing interpretations of Africa's post-colonial society and
offers a new approach to its understanding. "Power in Africa" has
two main aims. First, to present a comparative conceptual framework
which places Africa's politics within its appropriate historical
context (from the pre-colonial to the present). Second, to provide
an explanation of what is actually happening in Africa in terms
which make it possible to relate Africa's contemporary predicament
and its possible futures to those of other parts of the world.
No-one can deny that today Africa is in crisis. Wars, coups,
famines and violence stalk the continent and fill the pages of our
newspapers. Africa's debt is astronomical, economic development has
ceased, corruption appears endemic and force seems the chief
instrument of politics. At the same time we hear that Africa is now
moving towards democracy. Economic and political liberalisation is
seen as the way forward. How do we assess the viability of the
current moves towards democracy? How do we move away from the
cliches of Africa as a dark continent perenially in crisis? "Power
in Africa" develops a political analysis which attempts to offer a
plausible interpretation of Africa's fate.
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