Overview
Activity on African Politics- Please view PDF in the files I posted
Readings: African Politics in Understanding Contemporary Africa, 57-80 (each answer at least a paragraph long)
1. Discuss the socio-economic, cultural and political challenges that African political
leaders faced in the early years of independence (60s-70s)
2. Describe the strategies that these African political leaders used to maintain power
3. List the five major types of regimes found in SAA and provide 5 specific examples for each type
Extra Political links aside from PDF that was attached
If you'd like you can view a documentary called Africa: in defiance of Democracy
https://www.africanvault.com/longest-serving-african-presidents/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35595822
http://www.systemicpeace.org/africa/ACPPAnnex2b.pdf
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2015/10/02/why-burkina-fasos-coup-failedhttp://web.mnstate.edu/robertsb/313/Post%20Indepenence%20African%20Politics%20&%20International%20Relations.pdf