Will President Jonathan Address The Challenge Of Legitimacy In Africa?

[Shola Sholaz]

JUST as the most stable form of the state is an empire so the most sustainable system of rulership for a people that have been enslaved or colonised is a republic and their most legitimate form of government is a democracy.
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Why? An empire is that state form that survives efforts to conquer it; that defeats revolutionarists; and prevents secessions, that is, the fragmentation of its rulership; and that assimilates its opponents and rivals. That is why there are very few empires and why the few lasts for long time before their fragmentation sets in.
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Enslavement results from conquest; a kingdom conquered like Judah was conquered by the Babylonians are carried off and reduced to slaves in the land of their captivity. The enslavers reduces all its conquered into subjects.
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The pre-enslavement class differences amongst the enslaved are destroyed- enslaved kings are made the political equals of their former subjects and slaves.
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Enslavement makes all slaves equal before their masters.