Introduction: Africa and Human Origins
1. In the past, historians limited themselves only to written records such that societies
without written records became people without history. But they had history
2. Written records had their ow
AFRICAS STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
Imperialism Versus Colonialism
Imperialism is the practice, theory and the attitudes of a dominating metropolitan centre ruling a
distant territory. Colonization is robbing distant people of their lands including the implantin
AFRICA WAS MADE DARK - COLONIALISM IN AFRICA
The Insincere End of the Slave European Slave Trade
The slave trade came to an end not because the abolitionists loved Africans, but because
the slave mode of production militated against the development of cap
AFRICA, DEMOCRACY AND LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
Democracy is not new to Africa being part of its consensual culture
The problem is which type of democracy for Africa, Russian, America, French, Chinese
There are various types of democracy including Afr
AFRICA WAS DYNAMIC AND BRIGHT, NOT DARK
Development in Ancient and Medieval Africa
Todays lecture is about why Africa was dynamic and bright, not dark being the cradle of the
civilization we enjoy today. We consider Development in Ancient and Medieval Afr
ARAB UPRISINGS AND UPRISIGS: THE INTERVENING VARIABLES
The Questions: Arab Uprisings, Arab Spring, Nato Spring or What?
If Europe and North America are enjoying their Spring, what has that got to do with Arabs or
Africans living in the hot Sahara desert?
DEMOCRAZY IN NIGERIA
Nigeria is a colonial Leviathan created by force and held together only by the logic of armed
force while the colonizer, Britain simultaneously engaged in divide and rule tactics that
encouraged ethnic particularism.
As far back 1920,
How was Africa, how has Africa been and how is Africa now? These are questions with
historical roots which cannot be ignored. The 1970s 1980s witnessed economic decay in Africa
as a consequence of the oil pricing and monetary shocks fo
ELECTIONS IN AFRICA DO NOT MEAN DEMOCRACY
Preconditions for the Existence of Liberal Democracy
The society should be disciplined and governable. Liberal democracy is not appropriate
for ungovernable chaotic entities.
Freedom of association to enable the f
Bringing Liberal Democracy and Development together.
Alienation of Africans from Their Own Development
How African Leaders Betrayed Africa
Real development in Africa is yet to begin because Africans do not own their own development.
The Slavery and Coloni