Africa�s Best and Worst Presidents : How Neocolonialism and Imperialism Maintained Venal Rules in Africa /

Africa's Best and Worst Presidents seeks to deconstruct the current superstructure that colonialism created and maintains. It chastises and challenges Africans, academics in the main, to revisit and write a true history of Africa. Written by Africans themselves, such rewritten histories should...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mhango, Nkwazi Nkuzi
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism > Africa.
Political corruption > Africa.
Presidents > Africa.
Heads of state > Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Lumumba the martyr who defined Africa
  • 2. The juggernaut of African Union
  • 3. Nyerere the philosopher king who shook the west
  • 4. Samora the hero who died mysteriously
  • 5. Kaunda the humanist per se
  • 6. Balewa the symbol of national unity
  • 7. Ahidjo unsung hero
  • 8. Senghor the debatable philosopher
  • 9. Mandela the peace maker-cum- r{acute}econciliateur
  • 10. De Klerk the risk taker who pulled apartheid down
  • 11. Khama the true democrat who negotiated best deals
  • 12. Jawara the unionist and moderate democrat
  • 13. Sankara, another martyr who promised a lot for Africa
  • 14. Magufuli the palooka but a bulldozer who promises a lot
  • 15. Kenyatta the land grabber who got away with murder
  • 16. Mobutu the monster who ruined the DRC
  • 17. Bokassa a stupid and vampiric "emperor"
  • 18. Bongo the turncoat that influenced France
  • 19. Amin a bumbling buffoon cloned
  • 20. Boigny a ruthless and mystique crocodile
  • 21. Mugabe a hero who became a villain
  • 22. Moi a blind follower who brutalised Kenya
  • 23. Hijacked democracy as the cause of African political systemic failure
  • 24. Conclusion. Poverty is not an accident.

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