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vii Foreword “Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria”-Obasanjo, Olusegun in GbengaToye’s Blog, accessed 6/24/13. “Democracy is like beauty: you know it when you see it” – Anonymous. “Just too much democracy in Ghana! But… No water! No electricity! No food! No money! Do we eat democracy? Do we feed our children with democracy? All politicians-rogues! They come to us only when there is election! After election, you don’t see them again!” Anonymous Accra Market woman to a BBC Reporter, 12/17/2012. “Development is dead. Only politics is alive. When you wake up and tune to CRTV you only hear politics. Politicians led by President Paul Biya give us democracy for breakfast, lunch and supper. CRTV gives the impression that Biya Popol has given us life. He is the only God to be praised for giving us life as our life President. Under Popol Cameroon don die finish. Today it is démocracie avancée; tomorrow it is démocracie apaisée. No! No développement avancé? No développement apaisé?” Source:groups.yahoo.com/group/SCMG NOTICEBOARD/message/1862?var...accessed 4/9/2010. In Egypt, young revolutionaries feeling despair, “Some of those who acted as the shock troops of 2011’s revolution in Egypt see themselves as lost under the ruling Islamists,” January 01, 2013, by Reem Abdellatif, Los Angeles Times. “I can’t believe we are fighting again for the right to vote.” ZANU(PF) election slogan, June 2000. In March 2002 there were variations on the theme such as ‘People First. Our land is our prosperity,’ ‘Work the Land, Reap Prosperity; Build the Nation,’ and ‘What Would You Vote For? Plots to Kill … or Plots to Till. On March 9 and 10 Vote for Your Land, Vote for President R.G. Mugabe.’ ...

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