No Political Party In Africa Can Succeed With A Dark Ages World-View

In 21st century Africa, no political party that does not tolerate dissenting voices,  is likely to appeal to the fair-minded and independent-minded African  (whether educated or not).


A political party of that nature,  is also unlikely to be one that brims with cutting-edge ideas,  about moving  society  forward,   which will attract voters in numbers sufficient enough,  to enable it win  national elections in the continent  comfortably.


And neither will  any political party vying for power in national elections in 21st century Africa be successful, if the most powerful and influential individuals amongst its leadership,   secretly still hold a Dark Ages world-view,   that somehow members of their ethnic group  are superior beings   whose pre-colonial traditional ruling elites'  natural place,  ought to be  at the helm of the social order.


Above all, in an Africa in which smartphones with internet access to Facebook and Twitter are all the rage amongst the younger generation,  and thousands of private radio and television stations bring   the latest news to even the tiniest of hamlets on the continent daily, it is folly of the highest order,  for  any group of politicians to think that they can successfully hide the truth from their people,  forever.


If they want to still remain relevant in Ghanaian politics, let those members of our political class,  who seem to  have forgotten that democracy is not only  a  system of government, but is  also a way of life based on tolerance, be guided by  all the above.


Over the long run, no political party in 21st century Africa,   can  succeed with a Dark Ages worldview - and the sooner Ghanaian  political parties that are  failing to rid themselves of the arrogant, intolerant and violence-prone extremists  in their midst,  understood that,   the better it will be for them. A word to the wise...


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