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Periodical article |
| Title: | Life presidency in Africa |
| Editor: | Mngomezulu, Bhekithemba Richard |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Periodical: | African Renaissance (ISSN 1744-2532) |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 7-65 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Africa Guinea Nigeria Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | heads of State presidential systems dictatorship |
| About persons: | Olusegun Obasanjo (1937-) Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019) |
| Abstract: | This thematic section of 'African Renaissance' on the phenomenon of the life presidency in Africa contains the following articles: Life presidency in Africa: a historical perspective (Bhekithemba Richard Mngomezulu); The life presidency by African leaders: the case of Guinea (Bhekithemba Richard Mngomezulu, Rachidi Richard Molapo); The quest for self-perpetuating presidency: Obasanjo and the third term agenda (Okem Andrew Emmanuel, on Nigeria); and Robert Mugabe against all odds: a historical discourse of a successful life president? (Lucky Asuelime and Blessing Simura, on Zimbabwe). [ASC Leiden abstract] |