{"title":"Book Review: Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau by Adekeye Adebajo","authors":"S. Okuro","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27364","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"32 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121535601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Communication has been integral to Nigeria's development since the amalgamation which brought the country into existence as a corporate entity in 1914. This paper discusses development communication in Nigeria based on the opera tionalisation of the twin concepts of communication and development. It examines trends from the pre-colony, through the colony to the post-colony and highlights the sub-optimal utilisation of development communication based on an inadequate grasp of its potentials or manipulation by participants in the process, especially government which dominates communication and development processes in Nigeria. While there is a growing awareness of an increasing incorporation of development communication principles in various intervention programmes, a fundamental re orientation and de-bureaucratisation of the processes relating to the utilisation of the concept, are critical to its greater relevance to the development of Nigeria.
{"title":"Communication and Development in Nigeria: A Discussion","authors":"N. Owens-Ibie","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27360","url":null,"abstract":"Communication has been integral to Nigeria's development since the amalgamation which brought the country into existence as a corporate entity in 1914. This paper discusses development communication in Nigeria based on the opera tionalisation of the twin concepts of communication and development. It examines trends from the pre-colony, through the colony to the post-colony and highlights the sub-optimal utilisation of development communication based on an inadequate grasp of its potentials or manipulation by participants in the process, especially government which dominates communication and development processes in Nigeria. While there is a growing awareness of an increasing incorporation of development communication principles in various intervention programmes, a fundamental re orientation and de-bureaucratisation of the processes relating to the utilisation of the concept, are critical to its greater relevance to the development of Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132994136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Scylla and Charybdis: Challenges facing South African Policy on Zimbabwe","authors":"U. O. Uzodike, Varusha. Naidoo","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130985916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The rural development strategy is very important to the predominantly rural Central District of the North-West Province of South Africa. However, most studies of rural development in Africa seem to indicate that the strategy is always 'top-down' and devoid of people's participation. The failure of this strategy to alleviate rural poverty is mostly predicated on this . This paper examines the prevalence of people's participation in all the stages of the rural development projects, in four rural areas in Mafikeng in the Central District. The information was collected through literature review and testing the theory (by use of questionnaires and interviews) on people's participa tion in the four rural areas. The central argument in this paper is that, though people's participation renders projects more effective and success ful, the stages at which involvement can occur are varied. Examples of two very successful and two less successful projects in the district are cited to support the central argument. In conclusion, the study makes recommen dations to the rural development agencies in the North-West to practise meaningful and realistic people's participation in their projects.
{"title":"People's Participation in Rural Development: The Examples From Mafikeng","authors":"Pg Mpolokeng","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27354","url":null,"abstract":"The rural development strategy is very important to the predominantly rural Central District of the North-West Province of South Africa. However, most studies of rural development in Africa seem to indicate that the strategy is always 'top-down' and devoid of people's participation. The failure of this strategy to alleviate rural poverty is mostly predicated on this . This paper examines the prevalence of people's participation in all the stages of the rural development projects, in four rural areas in Mafikeng in the Central District. The information was collected through literature review and testing the theory (by use of questionnaires and interviews) on people's participa tion in the four rural areas. The central argument in this paper is that, though people's participation renders projects more effective and success ful, the stages at which involvement can occur are varied. Examples of two very successful and two less successful projects in the district are cited to support the central argument. In conclusion, the study makes recommen dations to the rural development agencies in the North-West to practise meaningful and realistic people's participation in their projects.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116148674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing accountability in Cameroon’s local forest management: are representatives responsive?","authors":"P. R. Oyono","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122574113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Our paper provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of South African economic and trade policy in Africa in the post-settler colonial era. The dynamics of South African economic and trade policy in Africa are situated within the country's position in a hierarchy of economic, political, finan cial, technological, trade and military international power relations which extend from the United States of America at the centre of global capitalism to the African continent at the periphery of capitalism. South Africa's inter mediate position in international power relations helps to explain why South Africa's trade and economic relations with the rest of Africa are increasingly in favour of South Africa. Its Africa economic and trade policy is the product of this position. Discussing the strategic importance of other African countries to South Africa's economic and trade interests, our paper also discusses the reality that socio-political and economic policies of other African countries particularly those of Southern Africa enabled South Africa to achieve its economic and trade objectives throughout the continent. It concludes by indicating the enormous privileges and advantages South Africa enjoys in its economic and trade relations with the rest of Africa.
{"title":"South African Economic and Trade Policy in Africa: A Critical Analysis","authors":"Sehlare Makgetlangeng","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27355","url":null,"abstract":"Our paper provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of South African economic and trade policy in Africa in the post-settler colonial era. The dynamics of South African economic and trade policy in Africa are situated within the country's position in a hierarchy of economic, political, finan cial, technological, trade and military international power relations which extend from the United States of America at the centre of global capitalism to the African continent at the periphery of capitalism. South Africa's inter mediate position in international power relations helps to explain why South Africa's trade and economic relations with the rest of Africa are increasingly in favour of South Africa. Its Africa economic and trade policy is the product of this position. Discussing the strategic importance of other African countries to South Africa's economic and trade interests, our paper also discusses the reality that socio-political and economic policies of other African countries particularly those of Southern Africa enabled South Africa to achieve its economic and trade objectives throughout the continent. It concludes by indicating the enormous privileges and advantages South Africa enjoys in its economic and trade relations with the rest of Africa.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114513576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The African State and Socio-Economic Development: An Institutional Perspective","authors":"O. Edigheji","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132463002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
On 8 May 1996, Thabo Mbeki made what, within the context of the politics of identity in South Africa, was regarded as a ground breaking speech in which he boldly declared: "I am an African." This predated a call for the 'African renaissance' in an address to the United States Corporation Council on Africa in 1997. Since then, the concept of the African renaissance has assumed a life of its own, not only within the borders of South Africa but throughout the African continent. The term and the idea of an African ren aissance are not new. Neither is the pronouncement of an African identity an historic one since so many people have, over the centuries, publicly declared and identified themselves as Africans. This paper argues that the concept of the renaissance has since brought into sharp focus the post Apartheid notion of the 'return'. Two conceptions about 'the return' are identified. The first is an Afro-pessimistic conception that construes the return as a regression to something similar to the Hobbesian 'state of nature' and thus retrogressive and oppressive and, the second, and oppo site, conception interprets the return as necessary, and thus progressive, lib eratory politics. It is argued that the former view smacks of distorted (apartheid's) representations, symptomatic of most western images of Africa and the African, a view driven by ideological and political motives desirous of halting and obstructing transformatory praxis. In defense of the libratory interpretation, an attempt is made to show, contra current views, that this interpretation is not conservative, nativist or essentialist but that, in line with Aime Cesaire's Return to the Native Land and Amilca Cabral's Return to the Source projects, it is directed at reconstructing and rehabili tating the African while forging an identity and authenticity thought to be appropriate to the exigencies of 'modern' existence.
{"title":"African Renaissance: The Politics of Return","authors":"M. P. More","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27331","url":null,"abstract":"On 8 May 1996, Thabo Mbeki made what, within the context of the politics of identity in South Africa, was regarded as a ground breaking speech in which he boldly declared: \"I am an African.\" This predated a call for the 'African renaissance' in an address to the United States Corporation Council on Africa in 1997. Since then, the concept of the African renaissance has assumed a life of its own, not only within the borders of South Africa but throughout the African continent. The term and the idea of an African ren aissance are not new. Neither is the pronouncement of an African identity an historic one since so many people have, over the centuries, publicly declared and identified themselves as Africans. This paper argues that the concept of the renaissance has since brought into sharp focus the post Apartheid notion of the 'return'. Two conceptions about 'the return' are identified. The first is an Afro-pessimistic conception that construes the return as a regression to something similar to the Hobbesian 'state of nature' and thus retrogressive and oppressive and, the second, and oppo site, conception interprets the return as necessary, and thus progressive, lib eratory politics. It is argued that the former view smacks of distorted (apartheid's) representations, symptomatic of most western images of Africa and the African, a view driven by ideological and political motives desirous of halting and obstructing transformatory praxis. In defense of the libratory interpretation, an attempt is made to show, contra current views, that this interpretation is not conservative, nativist or essentialist but that, in line with Aime Cesaire's Return to the Native Land and Amilca Cabral's Return to the Source projects, it is directed at reconstructing and rehabili tating the African while forging an identity and authenticity thought to be appropriate to the exigencies of 'modern' existence.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131136703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The debate on the form and content of Tanzania's constitution and democ- racy has been on the agenda throughout the four decades of independence. In the recent process of transition since the 1990s, a series of political reforms such as introducing multi-partyism have been undertaken with the view of widening the space for democracy. This paper addresses several problems surrounding this transition. It argues that democratization is much more than the introduction of multiparty politics and debates the var- ious components of the constitution that are an obstacle to popular partici- pation including the monopoly of political parties in politics. The mainstay of democracy is for the people to have a say and power in their own lives and not to depend on the power of political parties.
{"title":"The Multiparty Reform Process in Tanzania: The Dominance of the Ruling Party","authors":"M. Nyirabu","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27333","url":null,"abstract":"The debate on the form and content of Tanzania's constitution and democ- racy has been on the agenda throughout the four decades of independence. In the recent process of transition since the 1990s, a series of political reforms such as introducing multi-partyism have been undertaken with the view of widening the space for democracy. This paper addresses several problems surrounding this transition. It argues that democratization is much more than the introduction of multiparty politics and debates the var- ious components of the constitution that are an obstacle to popular partici- pation including the monopoly of political parties in politics. The mainstay of democracy is for the people to have a say and power in their own lives and not to depend on the power of political parties.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129796278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper sets out to review the activities of the actors in the DRC placing special emphasis on their particular interests and how these interests have worked to promote or obstruct the peace efforts in the DRC. The main argu ment is that essentially their real and perceived interests drive the strategies and actions of the major actors in regional conflicts. The strategies and tac tics adopted by the various actors before, during and after the negotiation of various peace agreements have been largely shaped by the logic of these interests, albeit, within the limitations imposed by the interests of other actors. Thus there are times when some actors have collaborated in pursuit of their mutual interests and other times when they have conflicted because either their interests clashed or they have failed to come to some mutually beneficial arrangements, which can accommodate their mutual interests. The assumption therefore that every party in conflict has a vested interest in peace building and the resulting pre-occupation with negotiating peace agreements may be highly misplaced if major actors have vested interests in other objects such as the mineral wealth. Imperialists, plunderers, warlords, gunrunners, drug-barons and such other predatory actors, in particular, tend to thrive in chaos in a relatively anarchic environment.
{"title":"The Clones of ‘Mr Kurtz': Violence, War and Plunder in the DRC","authors":"M. Baregu","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27329","url":null,"abstract":"This paper sets out to review the activities of the actors in the DRC placing special emphasis on their particular interests and how these interests have worked to promote or obstruct the peace efforts in the DRC. The main argu ment is that essentially their real and perceived interests drive the strategies and actions of the major actors in regional conflicts. The strategies and tac tics adopted by the various actors before, during and after the negotiation of various peace agreements have been largely shaped by the logic of these interests, albeit, within the limitations imposed by the interests of other actors. Thus there are times when some actors have collaborated in pursuit of their mutual interests and other times when they have conflicted because either their interests clashed or they have failed to come to some mutually beneficial arrangements, which can accommodate their mutual interests. The assumption therefore that every party in conflict has a vested interest in peace building and the resulting pre-occupation with negotiating peace agreements may be highly misplaced if major actors have vested interests in other objects such as the mineral wealth. Imperialists, plunderers, warlords, gunrunners, drug-barons and such other predatory actors, in particular, tend to thrive in chaos in a relatively anarchic environment.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121561057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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