The Humanistic Imperatives in African Politics

Abstract

Africa is bedevilled by several vices covering its socio-economic political ambiance. The continent abounds with unemployment, poor infrastructural development, poor work ethics, corporate
organizational irresponsibility, nepotism, factionalism, political ‘godfatherism’, tribalism, ethnicity, social injustice, lack of respect for both procedural and legal justice, religious squabbles, poverty, hunger, poor maintenance culture, insecurity of life and property, and a lot more. The Machiavellian style of leadership has further deepened the African states into retrogression and epileptic development. However, African problems can adequately be solved with the interjection of
morality in terms of Humanistic Ethical Paradigm and its two interrelated proposals, namely respect for human dignity as a basis for individual and social action, and focus on character as the highest
value in the assessment of human personality.