Table of Contents :

Democratic Consolidation in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of the Challenges of Elections in Liberia and Kenya
George Genyi9

Re-Thinking HIV Disclosure as Ubuntu: Towards a Social Theory of Communicative Responses to the Sub-Saharan Epidemic
Musara Lubombo43


Declining Democratic Processes in Benin Republic: Implication for West African Security
Ife Paul Atihou61


Agriculture, Oil-Resource Curse and Conflict: An Assessment of Nigerian Development Quagmire
Kelechi Johnmary Ani, Nnanwube Ebere Florence & Victor Ojakorotu87


Between Trade and Development: An Analysis of the Impacts of International Trade Policies on Africa's Development
Emeka C. Iloh105


Advocating Afrocentric Studies and African Scholarship in the Midst of the Hostile Western Scholarship
Prof Itumeleng Mekoa119


The Push for Student Migration in Africa in a Globalized World: A Case Study of Nigerians Studying at The University of Venda, South Africa
Iwara, I.O., Obadire, O.S. & Iwara, V.O.133


The Political Economy of Mining Tourism: A Strategic Nation Building Opportunity for the North West Province, South Africa
L. A. Tseane-Gumbi & Kelechi Johnmary Ani153


The Political Economy of Gender Imbalance in the Media in South Africa
Professor Victor Ojakorotu169


The Euro-centric Narrative of African Underdevelopment: An Exploratory Anatomy
Uzomah, Hyginus Onyeaghala & Chukwudi Victor Odoeme181

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