Africa and the 50th Year Independence: The Road so Far. Contemporary Journal of African Society Volume 1. Issue 1

This Journal examines the state of African developmentsince independence. It compares the past and thepresent and addresses the issues systematically. Mostof the materials in this Journal were based on otheractivists and IAHRAC interventions on issues relating toHuman Right abuses. Some of the materials were alsocollected from already existing journals and issues onAfrica affairs especially from the UN point of view.The Journal dwells on the role of leaders with specialemphasis on some countries as well as the role of individualsin various countries' development. The materialsin this Journal critically reviewed the factors hinderingAfrica's development and encouraged leaders to takemeaningful steps forward, after fifty years of independence.The materials in this Journal are written by severalhuman rights activists and intellectuals from differentacademic domains. This Journal will be useful for individualsand academic institutions whose role is to promotedemocracy in both developed and developing countries.It is our aim that readers understand the effects of goodgovernance, political change in various African countriesand the problems affecting food insecurity in thecontinent.