Introduction to african politics

Course Aims

The aims are to help you understand the theory and practice of African politics; the problems associated with governance in Africa and the way forward

TABLE OF CONTENT

1. ORIGINS AND PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN POLITICS
2. THE NATURE AND CHARACTER OF AFRICAN POLITICS
3. External Factors/Impact of World War II
4. African Traditional Political Institutions
5. Character of Primordial Politics in Africa
6. Colonialism as an Imperial Ideology - New!
7. Discrimination against Africans
8. Features of African Politics
9. MEANING AND FEATURES OF NEO- COLONIALISM - New!
10. MEANING AND NATURE OF NATIONALISM - New!
11. NEO–COLONIALISM: ITS MECHANISMSAND IMPACTS - New!
12. Nature and Critique of African Nationalism - New!
13. Origins of Neo-Colonialism - New!
14. PROBLEMS AND LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM - New!
15. Problems Created for African Politics by its Colonial Origins
16. Problems of Politics and Failures of African Government
17. THE DOCTRINE OF AFRICAN SOCIALISM - New!
18. THE MILITARY IN AFRICAN POLITICS - New!
19. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AFRICAN STATES - New!

REFERENCES/FURTHER READINGS 

Onimode, B. (2000). Africa in the World of the 21st Century. Ibadan: University Press, Ibadan. 

Bull, H. (1977). The Anarchical Society. London: Macmillan Press Ltd. 

Huntington S. (1977). The Clash of Civilization and the Remarking of 

World Order. London: .Simon Schuster. 

Owoeye, J. (1993). Understanding the New World Order. Ibadan: 

College Press Ltd. 

Guyatt , N. (2003). Another American Century? The United States and 

the World since 9/11. New York: Zed Books Ltd. 

Bull, 

H (1984). “The Revolt Against the West” in Hedley Bull and 

Adam Watson’s Expansion of International Society. London: 

Oxford University Press.