sour wine Week Eight I WITHIN A DECADE OF INDEPENDENCE Disillusionment IIIMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT DESIGNED FOR EXPORT A Job opportunities B Government positions valuable Achebe Man of the People ID: 250720
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After the honeymoon: sour wine
Week EightSlide2
I.) WITHIN A DECADE OF INDEPENDENCEDisillusionmentSlide3
II.)IMPLICATIONS OF GOVERNMENT DESIGNED FOR EXPORT A.) Job opportunitiesB.) Government positions
valuable
Achebe , “Man of the People”
C.) Inside? Stay in power
D.)Outside? Don’t rock the
boat Slide4
III.) AUTHORITARIANISM TAKES HOLDA.) Western powers had left behind a weak parliamentary systemMichael Crowder, British Africanist, wrote:“Who’s Dream Was it Anyway?”
B
.)
Became
the “one-party state”
1.
All
moved toward it
2. More “authentic” to Africa?
3. Arguing was a luxury
4. One party at its worst: brutal dictatorship Slide5
IV. THE ONE-PARTY SYSTEM Ali Mazrui: East African scholar, now at SUNY, Binghamton; “the search for stability.”
A.) From ethnic conflicts
1.
Nigeria
2. Three ethnic groups:
Hausa/Fulani in North (Islamic)
Yoruba in South West
Igbo in South East
3. Coup (1966) and Civil War (1967-70)
Col.
Ojukwu
; new country, BiafraSlide6
IV.) ONE PARTY STABILITYB.) From military coup1.) Like in Ghana2.) 150 CoupsSlide7
V.) CURRUPTIONA.) Reward for struggle?Or a foreign system on Africa?As Peter Ekeh, University of Buffalo, thinks
Or, get your share?
B.) Problematic when people cannot function
Kick-backs
Stealing foreign aid
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African proverb: “The humble pay for the mistakes of their betters.” Discussion Question:Terry Kelshaw once said: “Africans have difficulty separating the urgent from the important.” What does he mean by this?