Democracy and Resurgence of Military Governance in Africa: Burkina in Prospect

Abstract

Democracy is a system of government that is people centric. It exists to bring succor to the masses, give hope to the poor and use it dividends for the growth and development of the people. It has succeeded in countries like the United States and since Africa countries begin practicing it to date; the progression of this well praised democracy is seemingly low. The authors interrogates the resurgence of military governance in Africa in light of  failure of government over the years to promote even development and grow human capacity in Africa using Burkina Faso as a current case. The paper relied on the use of secondary method of data collection. Good governance theory was adopted to analyze the thought. The scholars suggest that since the country of Burkina Faso has advanced under military leadership, bad economy among others led to the coup. It was suggested that, for military resurgence in Africa to end, all democratic states leaders must be  intentional and deliberate in providing real and true leadership so they can build hope, faith and trust in the hearts of the masses to believe in democracy rather than focusing on military government like Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have done.