Deciding in Unison: Themes in Consensual Democracy in Africa by Edwin Etieyibo, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani, Helen Lauer, Bernard Matolino, Martin Asiegbu, Dennis Masaka, Munamato Chemhuru, Husein Inusah, Vitumbiko Nyirenda, Alexander Kwakye, Victor C. Nweke, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani, Edwin Etieyibo

Deciding in Unison: Themes in Consensual Democracy in Africa

Edited by: Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani (University of Ghana, Ghana) and Edwin Etieyibo (University of the Witwatersrand)

By: Edwin Etieyibo (University of the Witwatersrand), Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani (University of Ghana, Ghana), Helen Lauer (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Bernard Matolino (University of Kwazulu-Natal), Martin Asiegbu (University of Nigeria, Nigeria), Dennis Masaka (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe), and Munamato Chemhuru (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe)

Deciding in Unison: Themes in Consensual Democracy in Africa is an edited volume that both scholars and students of African philosophy and politics will find interesting. The chapters trace the current state of the debate as well as the idea that the advancement of consensus democracy as unanimity democracy is no longer valid, and a democracy of compromise is suggested as an alternative for advancing consensus democracy. The collection also contains chapters dealing with Wiredu’s consensual proposal for the building of resistance movements as well as his views about the relativity of truth and the way we should handle it. However, there are also chapters that explore the non-party system Wiredu proposes as not applicable in practice. Furthermore, the issues related to transferring consensus-supporting values like communism into the contemporary Africa setting are also examined. Also discussed in the book is how current presentations of African epistemology cannot pass for epistemology, and how we could begin to think of fashioning an African epistemology from deliberation aimed at consensus.