Abstract
The aim of this dissertation is to locate and give a comparative analysis of the historical processes of cooperative agency that engendered a decolonised Africa under the aegis of the Pan-African diplomacy and agency. More specifically, it conducts a comparative analytical study of three Pan-African initiatives, namely the Organisation of African Unity’s (OAU) 1980 Lagos Plan of Action (LPA); 1991 Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic Community (AEC); and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) adopted and ratified by the African Union (AU). The comparative analytical study predicated on integrated meta-theories will provide an intersubjective theoretical and conceptual framework on which to address the two main research questions: What reasons led to the formation of the 1980 LPA, the 1991 Abuja Treaty and the 2002 adoption of NEPAD under the aegis of the AU? Why has Africa’s self-reliant continental aims and objectives not been realised?...
M.A. (Politics and African Studies)