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Title: | Social Engineering and Political Bridge-Building for the 21st Century: An African Agenda |
Author: | Mazrui, Ali A. |
Year: | 1995 |
Periodical: | African Development Review |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 132-153 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | social conflicts regional security African organizations Ethnic and Race Relations Politics and Government Economics and Trade Religion and Witchcraft Military, Defense and Arms Development and Technology |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8268.1995.tb00074.x |
Abstract: | This article discusses six areas of postcolonial experience in Africa where social engineering and political bridge-building are needed. These areas are the tensions between ancient societies and modern States, between the younger generation and the older, between men and women, between different ethnic groups, between the military and civilians, and between competing religions. The author argues for the establishment of an African Security Council composed of five pivotal regional States, combined with a Pan-African Emergency Force and a Pan-African High Commissioner for Refugees. But he also argues that there may be occasions when an African State will have to 'colonize' another African State for trusteeship purposes (pax africana). Ref., sum. in English and French. |