What does compartmentalization mean? The term is at the heart of the Great Seat Belt Debate. It was coined during the 1967 and 1972 Series 1 and Serie...
Many Africans consider the Western model of political democracy to be extremely narrow and even alien to African cultures. Democracy is not merely the right to vote and seize power, the Rev. Jose Belo Chipenda, General Secretary, All Africa Conferenc e of Churches (AACC) has said.
Africa's democratic transition is back in the spotlight. The concern is no longer the stranglehold of autocrats, but the hijacking of the democratic process by tribal politics. Kenya's 2007-08 post-election violence revealed the extent to which tribal forces could quickly bring a country to the brink of civil war. The challenge to democracy in Africa is not the prevalence of ethnic diversity, but the use of identity politics to promote narrow tribal interests. It is tribalism.