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Dangers of Ignoring the ‘Constitutive Outside’ in the Current Anti-Coup Narrative in Africa

Posted By: adminon: January 21, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Peaceful Rise', Coups in Africa, Modernisation, Prof Claude Ake, Prof John Mearsheimer, Prof Joseph Nye Jnr, Prof Samuel Huntington, Republic of China, United States of America, ‘Barrack culture’, ‘Social Science as imperialism’No CommentsViews:
Dangers of Ignoring the ‘Constitutive Outside’ in the Current Anti-Coup Narrative in Africa

By Adagbo Onoja   This is not a rejoinder to Prof Jibrin Ibrahim’s January 18th, 2024 opinion titled “The First Coup”. His opinion only serves this piece as the peg for a caution agains... Read more

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