Yet, I despise foolish leaders who refuse to learn from history. Until African leaders can learn to accept criticisms and engage themselves in political dialogues for meaningful and long lasting peace to all of the people, our home land will continue to be the laughing stock of the world. Sorry, but this is reality. We need to stop fooling ourselves. Propping up bogus democracies is not the right way into the next Millennium.
Participatory democracy is the only hope for Africa.
Let's stop the gimmick. As a student of political science and recent history of Africa, I'm not idealistic to the facts and realities of why, when and how military coups happen in Africa. Therefore, the challenge for pro-democracy forces is to draw a line in the sand to oppose military interventions.