Democracy and Dictatorship in Modern Africa  

The people of the emerging nations, as Stanley Diamond has rightly said (“Modern Africa: the Pains of Independence,” DISSENT, Spring 1963), need our “humane insight, fraternal sympathy, and concrete historical perceptions.” They also have a right to constructive criticism. To …



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