PostColonial Imitation, And Then What?

It is undeniable that the juridical and institutional framework adopted by African democracies is characterized by many resemblances and similarities with regimes elaborated outside of the continent. In this age of globalization, far from being an African specificity imitation, or what is called imitation, is or has become one aspect of a broader and more complex phenomenon, i.e. political and institutional standardization, with which it has been confused. At a time when the problem is not so much to define what form of democracy would suit Africa but rather to know how the democratic process chosen by African states can be strengthened, the priority should be to take into account the various strategies of invention of democracy and to identify, on a case to case basis, the forms and conditions of the development of democracy in the various contexts and environments in which it is expected to develop. Adapted from the source document.