Technology Integration and Transformation of Elections in Africa: An Evolving Modality - Paperback

by Ike S. Ndolo (Foreword by), Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor (Editor)

Technology Integration and Transformation of Elections in Africa serves as a standard textbook and a reference guide to students in both undergraduate and graduate programs in tertiary institutions where elaborate discourse on the impact of technology to political elections and advancements across the continental Africa have continued to gain weight. The rationale in publishing this textbook far more outweighs its timeliness but speaks highly of its significance because it deals with technology integration and transformation of elections in Africa, a region whose elections has been continuously marred by corruption and incessant fraudulent activities perpetrated by both the citizens, various political parties and the umpires whose responsibilities were to present a credible election. Elections in Africa draws international attention and the news is seldom good. For instance, the elections in Kenya, fueled violence that left 1,500 dead and 300,000 displaced, while elections in Zimbabwe suffered from massive fraud and brutal suppression. In Nigeria in 1999, and 2011, the result of the elections were in shambles and some of the parties that lost the election took to the street resulting in the death of significant percentage of innocent people.

Author Biography

Cosmas Uchenna Nwokeafor is a professor of mass communication at Bowie State University where he currently serves as dean of the graduate school. He has also previously served as an assistant provost for graduate studies at Bowie State University and serves as the president elect of the council of historically black graduate schools (CHBGS) in the United States of America.