Africa in the New Millennium

African Literature as Political Philosophy
M. S. C. Okolo
30 June 2007

The politics of development in Africa have always been central concerns of the continent's literature. Yet ideas about the best way to achieve this development, and even what development itself should look like, have been hotly contested.

African Literature as Political...

Kenya
The Struggle for Democracy
Godwin R. Murunga & Shadrack W. Nasong'o
15 February 2007

The path towards democracy in Kenya has been long and often tortuous. Though it has been trumpeted as a goal for decades, democratic government has never been fully realised, largely as a result of the authoritarian excesses of the Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki regimes.
This uniquely...

Ghana
One Decade of the Liberal State
Edited by Kwame Boafo-Arthur
15 January 2007

Ghana has witnessed a 'revolution through the ballot box', since its return to constitutional rule in 1993. Yet this period of sustained democratic government in an era of globalization and liberal triumphalism has brought with it new demands. How has Ghana faced up to the problems of...

Intellectuals and African Development
Pretension and Resistance in African Politics
Edited by Björn Beckman and Gbemisola Adeoti
15 October 2006

This book looks at the very different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi and Achebe, to the military men in power and the students who defy repression. It suggests that intervention by international agencies who claim to promote 'democracy' and '...

Africa and Development Challenges in the New Millennium
The NEPAD Debate
Edited by J. O. Adésínà, Yao Graham and A. Olukoshi
15 August 2006

In 2001 NEPAD - the New Partnership for Africa's Development - was launched by South African President Thabo Mbeke and Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal. Its founding assumption was that African governments had to take much more responsibility for their economic, political and social policy...