1st Edition

Mobutu's Totalitarian Political System An Afrocentric Analysis

By Jean-Louis Peta Ikambana Copyright 2007
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Mobutu's political system, inaugurated in 1965 and lasting more than three decades, 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. In this study... Read more

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

Biography

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.