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Informationen zum Autor Jean-Louis Peta Ikambana is a scholar, social Justice advocate, teacher, social worker, and programs administrator. Dr. Ikambana has worked with Jesuit Refugee Service in collaboration with the UNHCR, Congreso De Latinos Unidos, American Friends Service Committee, a Nobel Prize winner organization, and is also a member of the Academy of Political Science. Klappentext Mobutu's political system! inaugurated in 1965! met all the characteristics of totalitarianism. This study shows that the failures and misdeeds of Mobutu's system were clear evidence that it lacked an African-centred vision and did not put the interests of the African people of Congo (formerly Zaire) at the centre of this political project. Zusammenfassung This study shows that the failures and misdeeds of Mobutu's system were clear evidence that it lacked an African-centred vision and did not put the interests of the African people of Congo (formerly Zaire) at the centre of this political project. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of contents List of Tables & Figures Preface Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Concepts of Political Governance in Traditional Africa Chapter Three The Momentum of Democracy in Zaire: Sovereign National Conference Chapter Four State Crime in Mobutu’s Political System Chapter Five The African-centered Rationale for the Necessity of Zaire Democracy Chapter Six Concluding Remarks Appendix A Chronology of major events: 6th century to Mobutu’s second coup d’etat, November 24, 1965 Appendix B Election criteria of the political elite in traditional Senegal Appendix C Theoretical Approaches to State Crimes Notes Bibliography Index
