Personal Rule in Black Africa: Prince, Autocrat, Prophet, Tyrant

Personal Rule in Black Africa: The Dynamics and Challenges of Institutionless Governance offers an in-depth exploration of governance systems across Black African states, focusing on the pervasive model of personal rule. This study contends that political authority in much of Black Africa operates outside the frameworks of institutionalized governance, relying instead on personal influence, informal agreements, and factional power dynamics. Such systems are marked by a distinct absence of e...