Grassroots Politics in an African State: Integration and Development in Sierra Leone

1977 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
John Cartwright ◽  
Walter Barrows
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
African State ◽  
Grassroots Politics

Discerning an African Post-colonial Governance Imbroglio: Colonialism, Underdevelopment and Violent Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Liberia and Sierra Leone

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 66-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pak Nung Wong
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
African State ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Pan African ◽  
Colonial Governance ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Violent Conflicts

Abstract By attributing recent violent conflicts in Africa to decades of underdevelopment which can be traced back to the colonial times, there is scholarly consent among pan-African scholars that the present African state is a neo-colonial construct and must be democratically reconstituted. In response to the pan-African intellectual-political project, this paper will provide a comparative historical-structural analysis of the post-colonial state formation processes in D. R. Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. There will be a discussion in the conclusion on the confrontation of the sub-Saharan African states with post-colonial governance imbroglio.

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