Post Colonial Nation Building in Africa

The key to a successful transition from colonial powers to independence relies on the increased consideration on political organization and institutions. Focusing on establishing a concrete system of governance is the real solution to all of these aforementioned problems. Huntington cites The Federalist, No. 51, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." The political institution should take precedence over social forces, social mobilization, and economic development. As we saw with conflicts in social forces, political institution is necessary in a complex society where individual interests vary from one person to the next. When the development of state lags behind social interests and economic development we have instability. Furthermore, a political institution needs to have adaptability, complexity, autonomy and coherence (Huntington 12). …