The question of what political system best suites post colonial/independent African states
remain alive and ever more pertinent particularly in the face of failed attempts at …

A political challenge facing constitutional democracies in Africa is the lack of adequate
representation and participation of citizens in democratic processes and institutions. This …

Kwasi Wiredu has argued that democracy by consensus, unlike majoritarian democracy,
posits a political system that is not characterised by competition for power between political …

Democracy, Kingship, and Consensus: A South African Perspective Page 1 36 Democracy,
Kingship, and Consensus: A South African Perspective JOE TEFFO Introduction The election …

The article focuses on the development of consensual democracy in Africa after socialism
faded and how it led to the development of political philosophy in the continent. It discusses …

The disagreement over what was responsible for arriving at consensual positions, in
traditional African polities, is best captured in the classic debate between Kwasi Wiredu and …

The paper is a critical examination of consensual democracy and the political problem of
human rights in Kwasi Wiredu's philosophy. In one of his philosophical works, Wiredu …

Africa's current democratic outlook is a relic of the crowning vestige bequeathed by the
colonial metropolis as a sign of the African's attainment of political freedom. As if to suggest …

The study of African traditional societies has raised more probiems than it has solved.
Pertinent issues include such questions as: were there or were there not social classes in …

KWASI Wiredu—one of the most prominent and influential philosophers on the African
continent—reaches into the African traditional past in search of an alternative political …