Abstract:
Currently the African continent is bedeviled by continuous strife ranging from, hunger, disease, civil war,
frequent coups, territorial wars and disputes, Xenophobia, dilapidated infrastructure, mismanagement of resources,
corruption, nepotism, tribalism, crime, and the list could be endless. Initially we blamed the colonial masters, who then
gave us our freedom through independence thus enabling us to elect our own leaders among whom at the beginning of
their leadership seemed perfect but eventually turned into dictators. This led to the second wave of African leadership,
where we embraced democracy. It is sad to say that this has not resulted into any better Africa that we anticipated. This
research examines an about turn (360 degree) approach by the populous towards changing the African content for better
political, social, civil and economic development. In particular the study investigates dialogue as opposed to war (civil or
territorial) as a means of political stability, African tribe as opposed to nepotism or tribalism as a means of social
development. Earning ones right as opposed to corruption as a mean of economic development, Obeying the law as
opposed to breaking the law as a means of reducing crime, all these being facilitated by embracing one another to enable
their achievement the original African way as opposed to working for one or the other’s glory the current trend in our
today’s World. The study makes a comparative survey of the two cases (represented by the pie charts below) to determine
the better of the two and analytical data inferences clearly points at the African development case as the favored case so
long as the populous work together as opposed to working as individuals or for individuals.
