Advantages And Disadvantages Of Civil Service In Africa

Africa, like many other continents, was a very tremendous and a very diverse civilization that is very complicated to introduce due to all its wonderful but also diverse features and beliefs. From the differences between its society and language to its religion and politics, Africa always had the reputation that its empires, cities, and kingdoms never progressed in the developments and achievements for their civilization. Many people believed that the Europeans were actually the cause of Africa’s achievements and advanced developments for their civilizations. However, this is further than the whole truth. Before the arrival of the Europeans between the 15th and 16th century, African kingdoms, empires, and cities had many achievements and accomplishments

Two futures for Africa are possible-one with a democratic and stable Nigeria, and one with a Nigeria stricken by autocratic rule, corruption, and intermittent coups. An entire continent awaits the result of the Nigerian experiment with democracy. Nigeria has the resources and can provide leadership to foster greater regional and international cooperation, leadership that many of Nigeria's neighbors need. A successful Nigerian democracy would provide hope for many of Africa's other burgeoning democracies.

Africa has had a long and tumultuous road of colonization and decolonization the rush to colonize Africa started in the 17th century with the discovery of the vast amounts of gold, diamonds, and rubber with colonization hitting a fever pitch during World War I. However, the repercussions of colonization have left deep wounds that still remain unhealed in the 21st century. Early on, European nations such as Britain, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany and Belgium scrambled for territories. Countries wanted land so they could harvest the resources, increase trade, and gain power. The European colonization of Africa brought racism, civil unrest, and insatiable greed; all of which have had lasting impacts on Africa.

In "War and the State in Africa," Jeffrey Herbst states that "…it should be recognized that there is very little evidence that African countries, or many others in the Third World, will be able to find peaceful ways to strengthen the state and develop national identities."

Africa nowadays is viewed as a pretty poor continent, but if it were not for a single event, it wouldn’t be in the shape it is today. This event is best known as the scramble for Africa. The European powers had begun taking land after King Léopold the second claimed that initial piece of land. European powers gathered in 1884 to discuss which part of Africa were theirs to avoid fighting, however this was done between European countries, and the thought of even inviting a spokesperson from Africa was beyond them. The people of Africa were enslaved and forced to work the land for natural resources such as rubber and diamond. After the European powers claimed all that they could, two independent countries remained. These two countries were Liberia and Ethiopia. The “Eurocentric” perspective that the European powers had at the time allowed for them to commit these horrible acts and see nothing wrong with what they had

In the second half of the twentieth-century, African countries were able to gain their independence and strive to create unified countries. However, many countries were plagued with civil wars and the issues left behind the colonial era. The adversities faced by these new African nations are at the hands of their old colonial powers and the neo-colonialism that has taken place. These new independent countries were left to unify their people of different backgrounds, create a strong government and economy, and leave the post-colonial legacy behind.

In the late nineteenth century the European powers of the world began imperializing Africa. This annexation, occupation, and division of African territory has since led to much strife within the continent and has caused many struggles politically. This period known as the “Scramble for Africa” has led to the many problems that Africa faces today and has been the root of several wars in Africa to assume control. After World War II many European imperialists began to give African nations autonomy. This seemed like a step forward for African nations, but without any plan to transition into self governance many African nations have faced bloody civil wars and corruption. Along with political struggles, numerous African nations face rising debt and other economic problems. Many of these political and economic issues stem from the “Scramble for Africa”. Once the European countries left Africa had very little to support itself. To explain the issues left by imperialism the three African nations of Rwanda, South Africa, and Sierra Leone will be put under the scope.

On the vast continent of Africa, there are fifty-three countries; of these only six are not located below the Sahara Desert. This leaves the Sub-Saharan region of Africa to encompass a total of forty-seven countries. Many of these countries south of the Sahara have been in state failure, either partial or complete collapse of state authority. This has led to an inability to

Imperialism in Ghana: British Footprints on African Soil The “Scramble for Africa” has undoubtedly left Africa scrambled up even decades after the continent had been fully decolonized. Ghana, especially, was once a thriving empire in Africa. In terms of economic development and civilian health, the region was right on par with all other global regions. However, as European colonizers began to exploit African states, the structure of its economy was altered to one that operated for the sole benefit of the Industrial Revolution.

During the 1800-1960 time period, many events occurred that showed how determined the people of Africa were to gain their independance and freedom. Because of their determination, these years brought a lot of change. In the year 1800, the slave trade came to an end. The slave trade started as a trade between equals, but overtime it turned into enslavement and forced people to migrate. This shows how Africa is changing for the better. After that, in 1884, the “Scramble for Africa” happened. This was an unethical way for the Europeans to discuss how to conquer Africa. The Africans had no say in this, so this shows how Europe was only getting stronger. The events in the next few years, showed the continent’s nationalism and pride. The national

There is an abundance of reasons for the lack of unity in African nations, but according to If You Shouldn’t Call It Third World, What Should You Call It? By Marc Silver. When using phrases such as “Third World” and “Developing Countries” we are misrepresenting what these countries are. If society is using derogatory labels to represent the whole country, how can a country come together as a unit. These countries are being encompassed into one word, a term that can be seen as insulting and misleading. Africa is underfunded and needs aid, and according to Marc Silver we are talking, “about countries that need to develop better health care systems, better schools, better ways to bring water and electricity to people”. (Silver, 3) If the native

In the age of Imperialism, European countries sought to colonize the world. It all came crashing down as European countries became involved in conflicts and could not sustain this infrastructure. In South Africa, European ideals were held so strongly in the government that segregation was the norm long after Europe and North America had become desegregated. Africa was seen as a place to steal from, whether it was slaves, minerals, riches, or land. From the constant European intervention and inability of nations to function on their own and control their people, Africa has become a vacuum of centralized power with new puppet democracies controlled by dictators and warlords. European control was a very hands-on way of controlling every aspect of African life in the government, infrastructure, culture, technology, religion. When African countries became independent, it was a struggle to adopt their new identity Because of the overpowering European dominance in every aspect of live, Africa was deprived of the chance to learn and develop on its

Through this course, we have discovered many ways to look at the continent of Africa. Each topic that we covered looked at a specific aspect of Africa that makes it unique and unlike any other part of the world. What makes it so unique is that it had its own history before the Western world interrupted the progress and altered the identity of Africans. It has taken many years to recover from the atrocities of the Western world’s invasion to create the recovering continent that is now Africa. While there are certainly aspects of Africa that are more contemporary and are certainly important, it is even more necessary to understand the history of Africa and what has caused Africa to adapt to its current state.

Modern African states have several problems ranging from corruption, to armed conflict, to stunted structural development. The effects of colonialism have been offered as a starting point for much of the analysis on African states, but the question of why African states are particularly dysfunctional needs to be examined, given the extent to which they have lagged behind other former European colonies in many aspects. In the first section, I will consider the problems with African states from the level of the state. That is, the nature of the states' inceptions and the underlying flaws may explain some of the issues that have been associated with African states today. Next I examine the development of, or lack of, civil

The Civil Services opens a door to energizing and exciting nature of jobs with difficulties. There are not very many services which give such an immeasurable scope of challenges, a blend of variety of job field and policy formulation opportunity and chance to go about as a key player in the national development prepare.