Botswana: Yardstick of African democracy

Below, KOFI AKOSAH-SARPONG, explores Rawlings' recent presentation in Nigeria and his search for a 'democratic practice' that integrates the values of western democracy with African custom. Botswana emerges as a significant marker on Rawlings' yardstick of African democracy. 

If anybody in Ghana or Africa should ponder deeply and critically on the direction or how to grow a more sustainable democracy in Africa that reflects Africa's histories, experiences, cultural traditions and norms, that person, perhaps, should be former Ghanaian President, Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings.