Military Coups In West Africa Since The Sixties
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Military Coups In West Africa Since The Sixties
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Military Coups In West Africa Since The Sixties written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
For three decades, since the sixties, military coups became a ritual of African politics. They consist of self-perpetuating incidents which spilled into the 1990's, through on a much smaller scale. This book is a chronological sequence of these events in West Africa. The focus is on the coups in sub-Saharan Africa during these turbulent decades, and what can be done to stop them in Africa's quest for democracy.
Remembering The Sixties
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher: New Africa Press
Release Date : 2014-07-19
Remembering The Sixties written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by New Africa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-19 with Social Science categories.
This work focuses on one of the most critical periods in the history of post-colonial Africa: the euphoric and turbulent sixties when most countries on the continent won independence and were confronted with the harsh realities of nationhood including nation building and consolidation of institutions of authority as well as their sovereign status. It was a period of high expectations. But it was also a decade of military coups and assassinations, a phenomenon that persisted for decades although there were fewer coups in the 1990s and beyond contrasted with what took place in the previous years, especially the sixties and seventies when the largest number of military coups and assassinations of national leaders took place. The author addresses many subjects in an attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of Africa in the sixties, a defining moment and probably the most critical period in the post-colonial era. Everything that has taken place on the continent through the decades is somehow connected to what happened in the sixties. A complementary volume, Africa in The Sixties, addresses similar subjects.
Militocracy Vs Democracy In West Africa 1960s 1990s
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher: New Africa Press
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Militocracy Vs Democracy In West Africa 1960s 1990s written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by New Africa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a historical narrative and analysis of the unconstitutional changes of government in most West African countries where military rule became institutionalised more than in any other part of the continent from the sixties to the nineties. There is no specific reason why the region has suffered from usurpation of power by soldiers more than any other part of the continent, besides the desire by soldiers to rule, recently demonstrated by coups in Mali in 2020 and 2021, Guinea in 2021, and Burkina Faso in 2022. Governments in West Africa are no more unstable or weaker than their counterparts in other parts of the continent. Overthrowing governments became a continental phenomenon when military rulers went on to legitimise their their seizure of power through rigged elections by turning themselves into civilian rulers. They “civilianised” themselves, not only to claim that they were no longer military rulers but were democratically elected leaders; a manipulation of power that triggered counter-coups by their opponents to end their rule, resulting in many deaths in many countries where this violent change took place. Military rule in Africa started soon after independence in the sixties. The most ambitious goals in the postcolonial era were consolidation of the state and nation building with varying degrees of success in different parts of the continent. Military rulers proved to be no better than their civilian counterparts they had replaced. In most cases, they were even worse and used coercive power of the state to perpetuate themselves in office just as their civilian counterparts did. The result was consolidation of the state as an instrument of oppression, the most oppressive apparatus being the executive branch itself, invested with all the powers, which evolved into the imperial presidency, a phenomenon that persists in some African countries legitimised through rigged elections enabling leaders to remain in office under the guise of democracy “in the name of the people.”
Africa Is In A Mess
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Africa Is In A Mess written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Book Description Diagnosis and prescription. What went wrong since independence in the sixties, and what can be done to alleviate misery and suffering on the least developed and poorest continent, yet one endowed with an abundance of natural resources and hundreds of millions of people. The author critically examines the views of many people on the subject, including "recolonization" of the continent as advocated by some - among them a number of African diplomats and scholars as well as politicians including the prime minister of Sierra Leone in the nineties - and offers innovative solutions to Africa's perennial problems. A hard-hitting book by a Tanzanian academic author, the work is written in simple yet captivating prose, without scholarly pretensions or jargon, and is intended for members of the general public as much as it is for those of the academic community. Brutally frank and lucid in argument articulated from a Pan-African perspective. Author Biography GODFREY MWAKIKAGILE has written several books found in university and public libraries around the world. They include Economic Development in Africa; Africa and the West; Ethnic Politics in Kenya and Nigeria: A Comparative Study; Military Coups in West Africa Since the Sixties; The Modern African State: Quest for Transformation; and Nyerere and Africa: End of an Era, all of which are used as college text books. Category: NonFiction/Edication/Social Sciences/Politics
Military Coups In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Staffan Wiking
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Military Coups In Sub Saharan Africa written by Staffan Wiking and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Political Science categories.
This book is a comparative study of military coups between 1958 and 1980. Africa south of the Sahara. It also provides background information on the causes of some refugee exoduses, for example, from Zaire, Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. There are three parts. The first deals with different theories concerning 'coups d'état' on a general level. The second part is an empirical review concentrating on the justifications given by military leaders immediately after their interventions. The third part analyses the attempts by the military to explain their involvement in politics. The author concludes that military coups rarely take place during periods of social unrest and that the military are very sensitive to civilian intrusion into what they regard as primarily military business.
The African Liberation Struggle
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher: Intercontinental Books
Release Date : 2018-05-06
The African Liberation Struggle written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by Intercontinental Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-06 with History categories.
This work focuses on the liberation struggle from the 1960s to the 1990s in the countries of southern Africa to end white minority rule. The author writes from personal experience. When the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in May 1963, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) was chosen to be the headquarters of the OAU Liberation Committee. All the African liberation movements went on to open their offices in Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam. Many refugees fleeing oppression in the countries of southern Africa also went to live in Tanzania. The author was a young news reporter in Dar es Salaam in the early seventies and got the chance to know some of the freedom fighters and their leaders who were based there during those days. He also interviewed a number of them and has provided an additional perspective to his work as a primary source of some of the material included in his book. It was one of the most important periods in the history of post-colonial Africa. Most countries on the continent had won independence by 1968. The toughest struggle was in the few strongholds of white minority rule in the southern part of the continent and in the Portuguese colony of Guinea-Bissau/Cape Verde in West Africa which finally ended in victory. As President Nyerere once said: "Throughout history, nationalist struggles have had one end: victory."
African Writers
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Author : Bridgette Kasuka
language : en
Publisher: African Books
Release Date : 2013-05
African Writers written by Bridgette Kasuka and has been published by African Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with History categories.
This work looks at some African writers, including those who are not well-known, to show the potential and diversity in the works produced by Africans. Included is a profile of Chinua Achebe and commentaries on his works soon after he passed away.
Africa In Transition Witness To Change
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Author : Godfrey Mwakikagile
language : en
Publisher: Intercontinental Books
Release Date : 2018-04-12
Africa In Transition Witness To Change written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and has been published by Intercontinental Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-12 with History categories.
Godfrey Mwakikagile looks at the major changes Africa has gone through since the end of colonial rule including some of the events he witnessed in his home country Tanganyika – later Tanzania – since the late 1950s, the dawn of a new era when Africa was headed towards independence. One of the fundamental changes he looks at took place in the 1990s when most countries across the continent gradually moved from authoritarian rule to democracy, although he contends that the gains made during that transitional period have not been consolidated and sustained through the years. The majority of Africans still live under one form of authoritarian rule or another including outright dictatorship.
Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer
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Author : Bridgette Kasuka
language : en
Publisher: African Books
Release Date : 2012-12-24
Godfrey Mwakikagile Tanzanian Writer written by Bridgette Kasuka and has been published by African Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This work looks at Tanzanian writer Godfrey Mwakikagile and his writings. The book is also about his home country Tanzania and a number of other Tanzanian writers.
Tanzanian Writers And Their Country
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Author : Bridgette Kasuka, Editor
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-01-31
Tanzanian Writers And Their Country written by Bridgette Kasuka, Editor and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This work looks at Tanzanian writers and their writings. The book is also about their home country Tanzania including its history, different ethnic groups and their cultures.