Presidential Republics in Africa from Independence to the Second Decade of the Twenty-first CenturyWhile the duration of the presidential republic has been markedly shorter in Africa than in the United States and in Latin America, there has none the less been a 'history' of independent Africa in...
Republic of South Africa- a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) South Africa trek- a journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) ...
(Placename)Republic of South Africaa republic occupying the southernmost part of the African continent: the Dutch Cape Colony (1652) was acquired by Britain in 1806 and British victory in the Boer War resulted in the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, which became a republic in...
Constitution-making in Asia: Decolonisation and state-building in the aftermath of the British Empire Britain's main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states. Invariably the indigenous elites drew upon British...
print media sought to represent the realities of decolonizing and newly independent countries in West Africa by focusing on pivotal events and charismatic leaders from the "non" vote in Guinea in 1958 to the radical appeal of Amilcar Cabral in Guinea-Bissau in 1973. The framing and agenda ...
Second, Salazar considered that although there would be a strong international reaction to Smith's decision, led mainly by Britain and the United States, it would not last long due to the strategic considerations of the Cold War that proved to be more important than the aspirations of black ...
Quartey also expressed his hope that "all the 55 AU member states will manage the full, consistent and timely implementation of this decision by the year 2018." The United Nation, AU's major partner in various activities concerning the continent, has also expressed its continued support as Afri...
PIERRE DU TOIT is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch. In 1992 he was awarded a Peace Fellowship from the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace at the Untied States Institute of Peace in Washington. His most recent book isState ...
and to build the country centered on economic development.The country's prosperity,people's peace,political stability cannot be realized until state sovereignty maintained,and ideological independence attained.In African efforts to maintain sovereignty and build their nation-states,China can play an even...
The Developing States and Education: Africa In March 2007 the world joined Africa in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana, the fi rst sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule. Recognizing this seminal event in modern African history along with the...