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Article: Godwin R. Murunga and Shadrack W. Nasong'O (eds), Kenya: the struggle for democracy.(Book review)
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GODWIN R. MURUNGA and SHADRACK W. NASONG'O (eds), Kenya: the struggle for democracy. London: Zed Books (pb 19.99 [pounds sterling]--978 1 84277 857 9). 2007, 344 pp.
KWAME BOAFO-ARTHUR (ed.), Ghana: one decade of the liberal state. London: Zed Books (pb 19.99 [pounds sterling]--978 1 84277 829 6). 2007, 303 pp.
These two books, both of which appear in CODESRIA's new 'Africa in the New Millennium' series, offer timely studies of the fate of democratic experiments in Kenya and Ghana, respectively. The recent spate of democratic backsliding has led Africanists into what is sure to be a long period of soul searching as to whether the 'third wave' has really ...