%0 Journal Article
%T Third Termism in Africa: View from the African Cultural Lenses
%A Mathew Lobnibe Arah
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 41-55
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2023.113004
%X The
failure of African leaders to hand over power when their mandatory term of
office is over is becoming commonplace. This scenario has painted a bleak
picture of the African continent on t</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">he</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> international scene especially in the Western World. Many reasons such
as abuse of state resources and fear of prosecution, no strong opposition, lack
of succession plan, deliberate refusal to step down because of despotic and
kleptocratic tendencies, addiction to resources and power, amongst others have
been adduced in the existing literature to explain why the practice has become
too often and prolonged. This paper argues that complete transportation of
Western Democracy on Africans is a potential reason for this development.
Democracy is the culture of the West and therefore, represents their way of
life which cannot be purely implanted on Africans who have varied and unique
cultures. I argue that Africa needs to redefine Democracy.
%K Democracy
%K Third-Termism
%K Culture
%K Development
%K African
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=123586