Abstract

Democracy is the most widely accepted political paradigm in the world today. Nevertheless, for many African independent governments, democratization and its problems have long been formidable. Despite being seen as a bad start, liberation provided many African governments with the potential to transition from colonization to democratic predominance. Unfortunately, post-independence efforts have been mainly ineffective. Given the current aspirations of many African countries, some claim that democratization is the antithesis to political goal on the continent. Suffice to say that this battle underpins the difficulties of African democratization. In this view, the paper explores the waves of democratization in Africa and its renewed call. The paper concludes that despite all the renewed calls, a huge obstacle faces the continent in its democratization process.

Keywords: Africa, Democratization, New wave of democracy, Challenges