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Governance, Economics, and Interdependence in Africa

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Governance, Economics, and Interdependence: Constraints and Possibilities in Sub-Saharan Africa Paper presented at the Summer Institute on “Governance, Equity, and the Global Poor: A Curriculum Development Institute,” Sponsored by Spelman College and Interfaith Hunger Appeal, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, June 9-12, 1994. The breathtaking pace of political change in Africa has surpassed any predictions or […]

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Constitutionalism and the Military: The African Experience

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Paper presented at the conference on “Consolidating Democracy in Nigeria: Promoting Stable Civil-Military Relations” organized by the Yakubu Gowon Center, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria July 4-7, 2000. … while the military may appear for the moment to be in political decline, the problem of the military has not gone away. On the contrary, it is

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Between Policy and Politics

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Between Policy and Politics: Strategies for Moving Nigeria Forward. Text of Convocation Lecture Delivered at the 13th and 14th Convocation Ceremony of The Federal University of Technology, Akure, October 30, 2002. *Professor Ihonvbere is also Project Director, Constitutionalism in Post-Conflict Societies” Project with the International League for Human Rights in New York; Visiting Professor of

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Beyond Constitution Making

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Beyond Constitution Making Experiences in Africa: Challenges and Prospects. Text of keynote lecture delivered at the conference on constitutionalism in Southern Africa organized by the Southern Africa Research Institute for Policy Studies (SARIPS), Sheraton Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe, July 24-27, 2000.  The views expressed in this paper are those of the author. It is indeed an

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The Search for True Federalism in Nigeria.

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Background paper presented at a conference on “Federalism and the State” by the Program on Ethnic and Federal Studies, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, November 25-27, 2002. Under a true federal constitution, each group, however small, is entitled to the same treatment as any other group, however large. Opportunity must be afforded to each

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Dismantling the Leviathan

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Dismantling the Leviathan: Constitutionalism, Civil Society and the New Politics in Africa. Being Text of Lecture at the New Hampshire International Seminar Series, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, April 3, 2002. The views expressed in this lecture are strictly those of the author. Let me state from the outset that the most critical

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The state, constitutionalism and democratization in Africa

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Most (transitions in Africa) have turned out to be false starts; the democratization has often been shallow…But the pressures for democratization are so strong that for most of Africa it is no longer a question of whether there will be a democratic transition but when. – Claude Ake The current wave of political liberalization in

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Survival in contemporary Africa

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There is a growing consensus that despite the emerging sites of hope on the African political landscape, the region still faces daunting obstacles to growth, development and peace.  Contemporary discourses on Africa, even where optimistic, reveal a certain doubt as to the continent’s future. Statistical indicators of progress are hardly reflective of the conditions of

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Pan-Africanism: Agenda for African Unity

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Keynote address at The All-African Student’s Conference, Peter Clark Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, May 27, 1994. It is traditional to declare that I am indeed very happy to be here. I thank the All-African Student’s Conference for inviting me to deliver this Keynote Address at this very important gathering. I am aware

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The World Bank and the Somali Crisis

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Paper prepared for the symposium on “Towards Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa,” organized by the African Studies Program, Central Connecticut State university, New Britain, Connecticut, November 19, 1994. The clan system that is embedded in Somali culture is not in itself responsible for the destruction of Somalia: the deliberate policy of exacerbating clan

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