Africa and the 50th Year Independence: The Road so Far. Contemporary Journal of African Society Volume 1. Issue 1

This Journal examines the state of African development

since independence. It compares the past and the

present and addresses the issues systematically. Most

of the materials in this Journal were based on other

activists and IAHRAC interventions on issues relating to

Human Right abuses. Some of the materials were also

collected from already existing journals and issues on

Africa affairs especially from the UN point of view.

The Journal dwells on the role of leaders with special

emphasis on some countries as well as the role of individuals

in various countries¿ development. The materials

in this Journal critically reviewed the factors hindering

Africäs development and encouraged leaders to take

meaningful steps forward, after fifty years of independence.

The materials in this Journal are written by several

human rights activists and intellectuals from different

academic domains. This Journal will be useful for individuals

and academic institutions whose role is to promote

democracy in both developed and developing countries.

It is our aim that readers understand the effects of good

governance, political change in various African countries

and the problems affecting food insecurity in the

continent.