Answer to Question #245896 in Political Science for Mimi

Question

Is democracy a myth or a reality in Africa?

Answer 1

African democracy is predicated on their claim that traditional African nations relied on a politics of consensus rather than competitiveness, a notion they believe multiparty democracy proponents encourage. The problem with this so-called African democracy consensus in terms of democratic governance in the post-colonial era was that it had to be reached primarily between the monarch and the ruling elites.