Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

Vol.14, No.7, 2012

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
About the Contributors
ARTICLES
STORY AS HISTORY, HISTORY AS STORY IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN
By: Chijioke Uwasomba
MORAL AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN POLITICAL GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIA
By: Olumuyiwa Olusesan Familusi
DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL AID AS A POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT ON TRADE AND REAL-SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
By: Moses M. M. Daemane and Keneuoe A. Mot'soene
CITIZEN REVOLUTION IN TUNISIA AND REGIONAL CONTAGION: LESSONS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
By: Idowu Johnson
A GHANAIAN CASE STUDY OF STRATEGIES OF ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
By: Ernest Okorley, Josephine Deh and 1Rebecca Owusu
UNMASKING THE NEXUS BETWEEN NATURAL IMPERIALISM AND THE RESONANCE OF EUROPEAN LABELS ON AFRICA'S GIFTS OF NATURE IN THE UNDERDEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA
By: Gilbert Tarugarira
NIGERIA'S EXPENSIVE DEMOCRACY: A CONFEDERAL OPTION FOR DEVELOPMENT
By: David Imhonopi and Ugochukwu Moses Urim
CORRUPTION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA'S FOURTH REPUBLIC: A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE
By: Samson Adesote Adesote and 2John Ojo Abimbola
LOVE, SEX, MONEY, CELL PHONE, BEER OR BEAST FOR A JOB: CORRUPT PRACTICES WITHIN ZIMBABWE'S EDUCATION SECTOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
By: Jemitias Mapira and Robert Matikiti

MULTINATIONAL BANKS' ROLE IN ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By: Tendai Joseph Mabvure, Michael Kamoyo, Bekhisizwe Ndlovu, Edson Gwangwava and Faitira Manuere
GLOBALISATION AND THE GOVERNANCE QUESTION IN AFRICA
By: Dada Sunday Olaoluwa
AN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC RULE (2000-2009)
By: Ademu Wada Attah
RE-INVENTING ANTICORUPTION STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTIONS
By: Luke Amadi and Henry Alapiki
OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES' INITIATIVES AND THE DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT AND THE PEACEBUILDING IN NIGER-DELTA
By: Adediran Daniel Ikuomola and Rashidi Akanji Okunola
THE STRUGGLE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN ZIMBABWEAN GROWTH POINTS: A CASE STUDY OF ZAKA-JERERA GROWTH POINT IN SOUTHEASTERN ZIMBABWE
By: Munyaradzi Mawere, Annastacia Mbindi Mawere and Zacharia Chirevo
BOOK REVIEWS
Ebenezer Obadare, Statism, Youth and Civic Imagination, Dakar, CODESRIA, 2010 ISBN 978-86978-303-4, 74 pp
Reviewed by Adeniyi S. Basiru
Bruce Baker. Security in Post-Conflict Africa: The Role of Nonstate Policing. New York: CRC Press, 2010. 222pp. ISBN 13-978-1-4200-9193-9
Reviewed by: Oluwaseun Bamidele
John W. Harbeson & Donald Rothchild (Eds.) Africa in World Politics: Reforming Political Order. Philadelphia: Westview Press, 2009. 392pp. ISBN 978-0-8133-4364-8
Reviewed by: Oluwaseun Bamidele