Electoral Process, Democracy and Governance in Africa: Search for an Alternative Democratic Model

In search for answers to what is wrong and where to locate what is wrong with African democracy, this paper attempts to establish the validity of the nexus between elections, democracy and governance in Africa. The paper further argues that the feasibility of recreating aspects of Africa's past to develop an African democracy variant necessitates the need to move away from philosophy to concrete suggestions. Strengthening representative democracy will require institutional changes that draw upon the spirituality and traditions of Africa's past, which nevertheless take into account present day African politico-cultural imperatives arising from changing socio-politico-economic relations, perceptions, values, and attitudes.