Africa in Transition

By Godfrey Mwakikagile

Godfrey Mwakikagile looks at the major changes Africa has gone through since the end of colonial rule including some of the events he witnessed in his home country Tanganyika - later Tanzania - since the late 1950s, the dawn of a new era when Africa was headed towards independence.

One of the fundamental changes he looks at took place in the 1990s when most countries across the continent gradually moved from authoritarian rule to democracy, although he contends that the gains made during that transitional period have not been consolidated and sustained through the years. The majority of Africans still live under one form of authoritarian rule or another including outright dictatorship.

He contends that the biggest problem African countries have faced since independence is bad leadership because they are not held accountable for their actions, a position he has articulated in a number of books including "Africa is A Mess," "Africa After Independence: Realities of Nationhood," "The African Post-Colonial State and Its Challenges," "The Sixties in Africa and The United States."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKMLQW28
• ISBN13: 9798174557093
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"