Also, the nature of authoritarian politics and variants of dictatorships are treated exclusively as simply products of the "cold war," or at the very best evidence that there is a "special problem" in Africa. (5) The region's experiences and location in the interrational division of labor which bequeathed a violent, distant, non-hegemonic, unstable, and weak state are assumed and not used as background for explaining the reasons why authoritarianism thrives in social formations in Africa. (6) In short, the analyses provided by Wester countries failed to take cognizance of the political economy that has fostered authoritarianism, and its derivatives of repression, oppression and exploitation.
Bara la Afrika imedhalilishwa kutokana sera potofu za mashirika kama Benki la Dunia (World Bank) na Mfuko la Fedha ya Kimataifa (IMF(kwa zaidi ya miaka thelathini, sera ambazo zimepunguza uwezo wa dola kushiriki katika shughuli za afya, elimu, miundo msingi na kinyume chake kuwasukuma wataalamu wawe madereva kuendesha sera za serikali katika nchi zetu za Afrika. Sera hizi zimesambaza dhana ndoto kuhusu demokrasia na kuondoa hisia za kisiasa kutoka kwa wananchi na kuwaambukiza nchi zetu karibu zote na virusi ya kutegemea wageni kutoka ngambo. Tukiangazia maswala za kijeshi, Afrika bado imegawanyika na kusambaratika mpaka hatuwezi kulinda ama kudhabiti jamii na nchi zetu kutokana na uvamizi wa kigeni kama vile tumeshuhudia Congo, Ivory Coast, Libya na Mali. Wakati huo huo hizi za kibeberu hawajakomesha kutisha amani, usalama na umoja wa nchi kama Sudan, Misri, Nigeria, Tunisia na Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati.