Table of Contents :

Editorial Note
Victor Ojakorotu 5

Protest, Criminality and South African Nation Building Process: Focus on 2018 Mafikeng and 2021 Zuma Arrest Uprising
Kelechi Johnmary Ani and Dominique Emmanuel Uwizeyimana 9


Avoiding Theft, Looting and Destruction during Protests in South Africa: Impact on Nation Building
Ngwako S. Modiba21


Impact Analysis of Violent Protests on South Africa's National Development Plan 2030
Glender Amantle Mothelesi, Phemelo O. Marumo and Motheo Sebolaaneng 41


Tigray Conflict and the Crisis of Nation Building in Ethiopia: The Role of African Union
Victor Ojakorotu and Nicholas Idris Erameh 57


Fulani Pastoralism and National Integration Question in South Western, Nigeria
Samuel Chukwudi Agunyai, Lere Amusan and Oladejo Oluwatobi 81


Do Goats Eat Yam in a Fire pool? Social Media Discourses of Corruption in Nigeria and South Africa: A Nation Building Perspective
Jendele Hungbo 127


Judicial Reform, Electoral Security as a tool of Nation Building: Towards Understanding Conflict Transformation in Kenya and Malawi
Legend L.E. Asuelime 143


Civil Society, COVID-19 Pandemic and State Corruption implications for Nation Building in South Africa
Raquel A. Asuelime & Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa 163


An Assessment of Generational cohort, Legitimacy and Nation Building in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Dylan Yanano Mangani, Richard Shambare and Ntsikelelo Benjamin Breakfast183


Party Politics, Political Communication and Voting Behaviour in South Africa: Implications for Nation-building
Mike Megrove Reddy 201


Covid-19, Migration and Nation Building in Africa: A Systematic Literature Review
Ranson Sifiso Gwala and Pfano Mashau 223

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