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African St. Political Systems Lecture
African St. Political Systems Lecture
POLITICS IN AFRICA
University of Health and Allied Sciences
Ho
Department of General and Liberal Studies
UHAS 114:
Introduction to Ghanaian and African Studies
Lecturer:
Samuel Bewiadzi
Outline
Introduction
What is a political system?
What is political organization?
Political organization and administration in pre-
colonial Africa
Classification of indigenous state structures and
authority forms
Basic features of the indigenous political systems.
Critique of these classificatory models.
Conclusion
Introduction
•Politics is not alien to Africa.
the argument that the central authority controls all economic resources is
not absolute
the existence of the theocratic societies; e.g. the Ga, Anlo etc
Conclusions
Africa had various/diverse forms of political systems
before the arrival of the Europeans in the 15th century.