"Written from an African philosophical perspective, this is the first comprehensive examination of the social and political consequences of democracy in Africa"--

Jonathan O. Chimakonam is a Research Fellow in Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology at the University of South Africa, South Africa. His previous titles include Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies (2019) and he is also editor of African Ethics: A Guide to Key Ideas (2022) and author of African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic: A Decolonial Approach to Philosophy (2021).

Isaiah A. Negedu lectures in the Department of Philosophy at the Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria and is also a Fellow of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Should the Practise of Democracy in Africa be Decolonised or interrogated?

1. Africa's sense of democracy: Pitfalls and Prospects, Bernard Matolino (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
2. The Struggles of Democracy in Africa: Interrogating the Challenges of Mass Ignorance and Poverty, Jonathan O. Chimakonam (University of South Africa, South Africa)
3. Emenyere: A Pluri-versal Principle of Justice Studies in African Political Philosophy,
Christiana Idika (Catholic University Mainz, Germany)
4. Towards Democratic Participation as a Human Rights Foundation in Africa Munamato Chemhuru (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)
5. Individuals as Citizens: An Ontological Resolution of a Paradox of Democracy, Joseph N. Agbo (Ebonyi State University, Nigeria)
6. Democracy and Africa's Development Challenges in the 21st Century, Enyimba Maduka (University of Calabar, Nigeria)
7. Democratic Governance and the Digital Media in Contemporary Africa, Aribiah Attoe (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Jonathan Chimakonam (University of South Africa, South Africa)
8. African Migration: Trends, Patterns, Drivers, Marie-Laurence Flahaux (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France) and Hein de De Haas (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam)
9. The Rise of Neo-Nationalism in Africa, Isaiah Negedu (Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria)
10. Democracy and the Challenges of Religious Diversity in Postcolonial Africa, Adeolu Oluwaseyi Oyekan (Lagos State University, Nigeria)
11. Freedom of Speech, the Phobia of Conversation and Political Development in Africa , Tosin Adeate (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
12. Equity / Equality with regard to the distribution of resources in the context of Sub-Saharan African Democracies, Emerson Abraham Jackson (Bank of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone) and Sona Jackson
13. Environmental Governance in Africa: Epistemic reflection, Democractic Participation and Complementarity Principles, Akinpelu Ayokunnu Oyekunle (University of South Africa, South Africa)
14. Secession, Failed State Syndrome and Democratic Dictatorships in Africa, Peter Echewija Sule (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
15. A Conversation on the Cost of Democratic Governance in Africa Vis-À-Vis LGBTIQ and Women's Rights, Oluwaseun T. Babatuyi (University of South Africa, South Africa)
16. The Interconnection of Poverty and Pandemics in African Democracies: An Argument from the Perspective of the Human Minimum, Amara Esther Chimakonam (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
17. Covid-19, Politics, Economy, Governance in Africa through the lens of Electoral Democracy, Chris Isike (University of Pretoria, South Africa) andMartin Ihembe (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
18. Education Against Racism And Sexism: Lessons in the Leadership of Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke, Sesanti Simphiwe (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

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