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Insight on Africa
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ISSN (Print) 0975-0878 - ISSN (Online) 0976-3465
Published by Sage Publications

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Diagnosing Ethiopia’s Tigray War: Reverberations in the Horn of
Africa
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  Authors: Frederick Appiah Afriyie, Shirley Ayangbah, Kwaku Obeng Effah
  Pages: 139 - 151
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 139-151, July 2023.
  The flare-up of hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray district in November 2020 is simply the aftereffect of a forced battle between so-called reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s central government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). This previous revolutionary development ruled Ethiopian legislative issues for over 25 years before Abiy’s rise to control of power in 2018. Numerous Ethiopians considered the TPLF’s rule authoritative, and misconducts executed under its authority stirred up scorn in several groups. The fight additionally displays ethnic strains in the country, which have been exacerbated as of late as the nation goes through political and financial modifications. The advancing battle has effectively brought about outrage, expanded the flow of refugees, and stressed territorial relations. This research article provides an account of the origins of the TPLF and the Tigrayans, Eritrea’s involvement in the conflict, the sources of tension, and the paths to war. Finally, the repercussions of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict and its corollaries on the Horn of Africa. Specifically, the article draws on the Protracted Social Conflict Theory to explain Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. The answer stipulates a hint at addressing the current problem.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:39:56Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231170177
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Global Capitalism and the Underdevelopment of African Political Economy:
Where Will Our Help Come From'
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  Authors: Celestine Chijioke Onah, Benjamin Amujiri
  Pages: 152 - 168
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 152-168, July 2023.
  The global capitalist system created and sustained by the West has eaten deep into the global economy, serving as the ideological and economic hegemony upon which it revolves. Against this backdrop, this article explores the trends and partners of accumulation in the global political economy of capitalism and interrogates how it benefits the West and oppresses Africa through forced integration and unequal power relations. A key finding of the analysis is that global integration of the world economy that runs on capitalism has not benefited Africa significantly, as claimed by capitalist bourgeoisie scholars.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:39:57Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231170178
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Marshall Plan and International Development Strategy: Perspectives from
African Underdevelopment
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  Authors: Celestine Chijioke Onah, Aduma Aloysius, Benjamin Amujiri
  Pages: 169 - 183
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 169-183, July 2023.
  All that mankind seeks from the dawn of civilisation to this epoch is sustainable development (SD). Due to a lack of SD, Second World War broke out and devastated Europe and retrogressed her to the status of underdevelopment. To recue Europe from the ruins, the U.S. introduced Marshall Plan (MP)—a programme of actions and projects with huge financial aid aimed at reviving and restoring Europe from the aftermaths of the war. Through MP, Europe ‘miraculously’ recovered and developed again within a brief period, and since then, Europe has been sustaining the development till date. The article argued that MP did not restore Europe because of the huge amount committed to it as many scholars claim. Rather, because of the already-built political economy of quality human resource/capital, politico-administrative capabilities and patriotism already in existence. Unlike the third world countries that have received their own versions of MP in foreign aids, programmes, loans, projects, and so on, without commiserate development.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:39:56Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231178210
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Post-colonial Independence and Africa’s Corruption Conundrum: A Succinct
South African Critique Post-democratisation
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  Authors: Daniel N. Mlambo, Mandla A. Mubecua, Victor H. Mlambo
  Pages: 184 - 202
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 184-202, July 2023.
  The article examines Africa’s struggle with corruption in a post-colonial era with specific reference to South Africa. The article conceptualises the Afrocentric appraisal approach to reflect on the corruption challenges in post-colonial Africa. The article demonstrates that even though most African countries have adopted democratic systems of governance, nothing has changed, as the post-colonial leader has used the same tactics used by colonialism to maintain control, force, tyranny and oppression. Even though liberation movements in Africa were seen as heroes in the struggle for freedom, they, in turn, have become a burden to Africa’s development through increased corruption, breakdown in governance, political instability and the failure to consolidate a shared vision for Africa’s development. This observation has also been observed in South Africa. Narrowing this to South Africa, corruption has been a widespread phenomenon, predominantly post the democratic era. Over the years and until recently, the African National Congress-led government has been severely hindered by immense allegations of corruption among those top of the hierarchy. In the eyes of most academics, researchers and analysts, this has further hindered the need for inclusive development in a country faced with high numbers of escalating unemployment, inequality, poverty and crime. Driven by institutional theory, this article critically delves into corruption from an Afrocentric viewpoint, albeit focusing on South Africa’s post-democratic era.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:40:00Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231176260
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Book review: Ucheoma Nwagbara, The Struggles of Post-Independence Nigeria:
Missed Opportunities and a Continuing Crisis
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  Authors: Rashmi Rani Anand
  Pages: 233 - 236
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 233-236, July 2023.
  Ucheoma Nwagbara, The Struggles of Post-Independence Nigeria: Missed Opportunities and a Continuing Crisis, Lexington Books, 2022, 372pp.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:39:57Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231174678
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Book review: Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo, Uganda an Indian Colony
1897–1972
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  Authors: Aarshi Dua
  Pages: 236 - 239
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 236-239, July 2023.
  Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo, Uganda an Indian Colony 1897–1972, The African Studies Bookstore, 2021, pp. 224, ₹1547.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-07-14T05:39:55Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878231173796
  Issue No: Vol. 15, No. 2 (2023)
Ref lections on Democracy and Development in Africa: A Hew Trail of
Political Reforms
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  Authors: Awaisu Imurana Braimah, Joseph Ato Forson
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Ahead of Print.
  Liberal democracy is the most affectionate and all-embracing de facto and de jure form of constitutional governance worldwide. Unrepentant authoritarian regimes and other pseudo-democracies across Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa also purports to practice democracy and its imperatives. This is to achieve regime legitimacy and catch the eye of the proponents of democracy around the world. In the unique case of Africa, metropolitan states customarily evaluate the democratic credentials of peripheral states as a sine qua non to accessing international financial assistance. It is envisaged by proponents of democracy that its practice is the sidekick to national development, prosperity and human development. This paper is a reflection that thematically interrogates the efficacy of democracy as a coherent dissilient to Africa’s development. It concludes that, the argument of liberal democracy being pivotal to Africa’s development is dispiritingly distant and a hyperbole.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-02-05T10:22:48Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878221140555
Diffracting the Global: Exploring the Implementation of WHO’s COVID-19
Protocols in Sub-Saharan Africa
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  Authors: Tebogo Sebeelo
  Abstract: Insight on Africa, Ahead of Print.
  The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted the world in unprecedented ways. To deal with the virus, countries across the world implemented COVID-19-related protocols that include social distancing, washing hands, wearing masks and restricting movements of people. While the literature on the impact of COVID-19 is emerging, it is still relatively unknown how the virus affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This article explores the impact of COVID-19 protocols in sub-Saharan Africa. The article broadly argues that an all-assuming and globalised approach of COVID-19 protocols is antithetical to the sub-Saharan African continent with its vast territories and unique populations. The article highlights that the African continent that houses the world’s poorest populations cannot be adequately served by COVID-19 protocols in similar ways to Western countries. It is further suggested that COVID-19 protocols that reify universalism may need to be adapted and domesticated to fit the African context. The article provides critical insights into the experience of COVID-19 protocols that has several policy implications for future pandemics and disease outbreaks in the African continent.
  Citation: Insight on Africa
  PubDate: 2023-01-07T11:50:33Z
  DOI: 10.1177/09750878221135078