John O. Ifediora President, Council on African Security And Development. It usually takes an event or a combination of seemingly unrelated developments to refocus the senses. For decades Africans, specifically since the conclusion of the second World War, have lumbered aimlessly from the stranglehold of colonial imperialism to misinformed post-independence development strategies. Experiments with democracy failed because the framers failed to grasp the essential ingredients of democratic form of governance. Autocratic single-party rule and military dictatorship usurped and mismanaged economic resources while destroying social institutions necessary to promote sustainable development. The cumulative effects of these self-inflicted injuries have now laid…
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