Adekeye Adebajo
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 220363 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Adekeye Adebajo |
| NOMBRES | Adekeye |
| APELLIDO | Adebajo |
| FIRMA | ADEBAJO A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3656-3134 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 67 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1996 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Francis Deng
South Sudanese scholar-diplomat Francis Deng is the ‘intellectual Father of R2P’, having crafted the doctrine of ‘sovereignty as responsibility’ in 1996. ‘Sovereignty as Responsibility’s’ three pillars – the responsibility of the state; the state requesting assistance; and international intervention to protect populations as a last resort – were also replicated in R2P and helped shape African Union (AU) intervention norms. Deng particularly stres…
Noblesse Oblige
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Blue Berets, Burning Brushfires
This article makes three important arguments. The first is that one of the most crucial factors in explaining the various outcomes of UN peacekeeping cases over the past seventy-five years can be found in the role of contingencies: the idiosyncratic circumstances that have combined to enable success or failure. The second is that these peacekeeping missions critically demonstrate the importance of focusing attention on the significant role of key…
The Pan-African Pantheon
Adebayo Adedeji
Thabo Mbeki
The Ambiguous Role of the Intellectual as Statesman
The book under review is a pocket-sized but thoughtful and closely argued political biography of Thabo Mbeki, the former President of the Republic of South Africa, whose presidency of his country served more or less as the denouement of his apprenticeship and later frontline role in the antiapartheid struggle in South Africa and the broader liberation movement in Southern Africa. A major objective of the book, we are told, is ‘to rescue Mbeki fro…
The revolt against the West
Debates on intervention and sovereignty since 1945 can be summarised as a tale of two cities, San Francisco and Bandung, and of two countries, Rwanda and Libya. All are symbolic of different phases of these debates. The UN was born in San Francisco in 1945 with very little substantive participation by Asian and African governments. The great powers established a system in which they would determine when, where and how military interventions could…
Curse of Berlin
At the 1884–1885 Conference of Berlin, a cartel of largely European states effectively set the rules for the partition of Africa, an event whose historical and structural importance continues to affect and shape Africa's contemporary international relations. This “Curse” is a recurring theme in this trenchant historical analysis, even though its main focus is on contemporary African issues after the Cold War. The first part of the book examines A…
Curse of Berlin
Prophets of Pax Africana
This chapter begins by explaining the concept of Pax Africana, which suggests that Africans themselves should muster the will to resolve disputes that arise on their continent. The idea asserts a willingness by Africans emerging from a century of colonialism not only to cast off their chains of bondage, but also to break away from the colonial midwives that delivered them to independent statehood. The chapter examines Africa's peacekeeping travai…
Thabo Mbeki
This chapter begins by examining some of the concepts and typologies of leadership styles in Africa—demonstrated by Kwame Nkrumah and Thabo Mbeki—analyzed under the general framework of monarchical and prophetic traditions in African politics. Both Nkrumah and Mbeki believed in Africa's ancient glory and sought to build modern states that restored the continent's past. Both hosted pan-African conferences and were instrumental in the creation of t…
UN Peacekeeping and the Quest for a Pax Africana
Africa's regional organizations will ... need to urgently improve their rapid response capacity to ensure that the continent does not keep relying for its security on self-interested external powers
Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century
Contemporary Review valuable and stimulating contribution to our understanding of violence, crime and war provides for a richness that lacks in much other work in this particular field... makes for interesting reading on the possibilities for the management of armed conflict. - International Affairs
The Iron Lady of Liberia
Pax Nigeriana and the Responsibility to Protect
The essay traces the roots of R2P in African political thought—through individuals such as Kenya's Ali Mazrui, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Tanzania's Salim Ahmed Salim, South Africa's Nelson Mandela and abo Mbeki, and Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali— and considers the bid by West Africa's regional hegemon, Nigeria, to play a leadership role on the continent in relation to the norm. It argues that the regional West African giant has exhibited a 'missiona…
African Prophet or American Poodle
Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in A World of War by Stanley Meisler. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007, 372 pp., $14.78, ISBN: 978-0-471-78744-0The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power by James Traub. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 442 pp., $26. ISBN: 978-0-374-18220-5 Ghana’s Kofi Annan was the first black African to serve as Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) – between 1997 and 2006 – and he shared the No…
Dreams from Our Ancestors
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. Three Rivers Press, 1995, 453 pgs, ISBN: I-4000-8277-3, $13.95The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. Crown Publishers, 2006, 375 pgs, ISBN: 978-1-84767-083-0, $16.50Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell. HarperCollins, 2007, 406 pgs, ISBN: 978-0-06-085821-6, $14.95 When Barack (‘blessed’) Obama – the child of a Kenyan father a…
Africa’s Avuncular Saint
Mandela: A Critical Life by Tom Lodge Oxford University Press, 2006 Tom Lodge, a former politics profes sor at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, has written a biography of South Africa’s first democratically-elected president, Nelson Mandela, that follows three earlier biographies by Fatima Meer, Anthony Sampson, and Martin Meredith. Lodge seeks to shed more light on the role of Mandela’s childhood in shaping his leadership qualitie…
The bicycle strategy of South Africa's bilateral relations in Africa
In order to consolidate its strategic bilateral relations developed in Africa over the past 14 years, South Africa must choose five key ‘hubs’ (regional powers) in each of Africa's five sub-regions. In addition, South Africa should pick two additional ‘spokes’ (influential actors) in each sub-region. These 15 strategic partners can increase South Africa's engagement on the continent in the areas of diplomacy, conflict management, and trade relati…
South Africa in Africa
South Africa's history of political domination during apartheid and the tendency of its companies to dominate business development on the continent may undermine the country's aim of being an African powerhouse due to resentment in other African countries. The article argues that South Africa's global ambitions can only be achieved if it is a leader on its own continent
UN Reform
Africa, African Americans, and the Avuncular Sam
This essay investigates U.S. policy toward Africa and highlights the role that African Americans have played in influencing this policy. It is inspired by the need for an urgent dialogue between Africans and African Americans on U.S. policy toward the continent. It begins by briefly assessing the ignominious roots of Africa's relationship with America and pan-Africanist efforts to liberate Africa from alien rule. It then analyzes the destructive …
Liberia's Civil War
In Search of Warlords
This essay is a comparative investigation into two cases, in Liberia and Somalia, of ‘hegemonic peacekeeping’. It explains the motives of the two lead states - Nigeria and the United States-for their military interventions. The essay assesses the interests of the allies of both countries in accepting their leadership, and highlights some of the political difficulties that arose from the aggressive military tactics employed by the ‘hegemonic’ peac…
Building Peace in West Africa
Among all of Africa's troubled regions, West Africa has gone the furthest toward establishing a security mechanism to manage its own conflicts. The ECOMOG intervention in Liberia in 1990-1997 was the first by a subregional African organization relying principally on its own personnel, money, and military material; and ECOMOG's 1998 intervention in Sierra Leone to restore a democratic government to power was equally unprecedented. Adekeye Adebajo …
Liberia's Civil War
Nigeria
The open sore of a continent
Journal Article The open sore of a continent: a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis Get access The open sore of a continent: a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis. By Wole Soyinka. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1996. 170pp. Index. £16.99. ISBN 0 19 510557 5. Adekeye Adebajo Adekeye Adebajo 1The Brookings Institution, Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume…
Africa and America in an Age of Terror
This essay is an investigation of the United States' policy toward Africa, and Africa's place in America's "war on terrorism." In the firm belief that one cannot understand current U.S. policy toward Africa without providing a historical context, the essay starts by briefly assessing the destructive effects of American policies on Africa during the era of the Cold War. It then analyzes post-Cold War U.S. policy toward Africa under the administrat…
The revolt against the West
Debates on intervention and sovereignty since 1945 can be summarised as a tale of two cities, San Francisco and Bandung, and of two countries, Rwanda and Libya. All are symbolic of different phases of these debates. The UN was born in San Francisco in 1945 with very little substantive participation by Asian and African governments. The great powers established a system in which they would determine when, where and how military interventions could…
South Africa in Africa
South Africa's history of political domination during apartheid and the tendency of its companies to dominate business development on the continent may undermine the country's aim of being an African powerhouse due to resentment in other African countries. The article argues that South Africa's global ambitions can only be achieved if it is a leader on its own continent
Pax Nigeriana and the Responsibility to Protect
The essay traces the roots of R2P in African political thought—through individuals such as Kenya's Ali Mazrui, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Tanzania's Salim Ahmed Salim, South Africa's Nelson Mandela and abo Mbeki, and Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali— and considers the bid by West Africa's regional hegemon, Nigeria, to play a leadership role on the continent in relation to the norm. It argues that the regional West African giant has exhibited a 'missiona…
Back to the future
(2000). Back to the future: UN peacekeeping in Africa. International Peacekeeping: Vol. 7, Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century, pp. 161-188
Pax Africanain the age of extremes
The Pan-African Pantheon
Africa, African Americans, and the Avuncular Sam
This essay investigates U.S. policy toward Africa and highlights the role that African Americans have played in influencing this policy. It is inspired by the need for an urgent dialogue between Africans and African Americans on U.S. policy toward the continent. It begins by briefly assessing the ignominious roots of Africa's relationship with America and pan-Africanist efforts to liberate Africa from alien rule. It then analyzes the destructive …
Liberia's Civil War
In Search of Warlords
This essay is a comparative investigation into two cases, in Liberia and Somalia, of ‘hegemonic peacekeeping’. It explains the motives of the two lead states - Nigeria and the United States-for their military interventions. The essay assesses the interests of the allies of both countries in accepting their leadership, and highlights some of the political difficulties that arose from the aggressive military tactics employed by the ‘hegemonic’ peac…
Western Sahara
Journal Article Western Sahara: no alternative to armed struggle Get access Western Sahara: no alternative to armed struggle. By S. C. Saxena. Delhi: Kalinga. 1995. 311pp. Index. £22.00. ISBN 81 85163 59 6. Adekeye Adebajo Adekeye Adebajo 1St Antony's College, Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 2, April 1996, Pages 415–416, https://doi.org/10.2307/2624437 Publish…
The open sore of a continent
Journal Article The open sore of a continent: a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis Get access The open sore of a continent: a personal narrative of the Nigerian crisis. By Wole Soyinka. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1996. 170pp. Index. £16.99. ISBN 0 19 510557 5. Adekeye Adebajo Adekeye Adebajo 1The Brookings Institution, Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume…
Back to the future
(2000). Back to the future: UN peacekeeping in Africa. International Peacekeeping: Vol. 7, Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century, pp. 161-188
Nigeria
Pax Africanain the age of extremes
Building Peace in West Africa
Ending Civil Wars
Building Peace in West Africa
Among all of Africa's troubled regions, West Africa has gone the furthest toward establishing a security mechanism to manage its own conflicts. The ECOMOG intervention in Liberia in 1990-1997 was the first by a subregional African organization relying principally on its own personnel, money, and military material; and ECOMOG's 1998 intervention in Sierra Leone to restore a democratic government to power was equally unprecedented. Adekeye Adebajo …
In Search of Warlords
This essay is a comparative investigation into two cases, in Liberia and Somalia, of ‘hegemonic peacekeeping’. It explains the motives of the two lead states - Nigeria and the United States-for their military interventions. The essay assesses the interests of the allies of both countries in accepting their leadership, and highlights some of the political difficulties that arose from the aggressive military tactics employed by the ‘hegemonic’ peac…
Liberia's Civil War
Building Peace in West Africa
Africa and America in an Age of Terror
This essay is an investigation of the United States' policy toward Africa, and Africa's place in America's "war on terrorism." In the firm belief that one cannot understand current U.S. policy toward Africa without providing a historical context, the essay starts by briefly assessing the destructive effects of American policies on Africa during the era of the Cold War. It then analyzes post-Cold War U.S. policy toward Africa under the administrat…
Africa, African Americans, and the Avuncular Sam
This essay investigates U.S. policy toward Africa and highlights the role that African Americans have played in influencing this policy. It is inspired by the need for an urgent dialogue between Africans and African Americans on U.S. policy toward the continent. It begins by briefly assessing the ignominious roots of Africa's relationship with America and pan-Africanist efforts to liberate Africa from alien rule. It then analyzes the destructive …
Liberia's Civil War
UN Reform
South Africa in Africa
South Africa's history of political domination during apartheid and the tendency of its companies to dominate business development on the continent may undermine the country's aim of being an African powerhouse due to resentment in other African countries. The article argues that South Africa's global ambitions can only be achieved if it is a leader on its own continent
Africa’s Avuncular Saint
Mandela: A Critical Life by Tom Lodge Oxford University Press, 2006 Tom Lodge, a former politics profes sor at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, has written a biography of South Africa’s first democratically-elected president, Nelson Mandela, that follows three earlier biographies by Fatima Meer, Anthony Sampson, and Martin Meredith. Lodge seeks to shed more light on the role of Mandela’s childhood in shaping his leadership qualitie…
The bicycle strategy of South Africa's bilateral relations in Africa
In order to consolidate its strategic bilateral relations developed in Africa over the past 14 years, South Africa must choose five key ‘hubs’ (regional powers) in each of Africa's five sub-regions. In addition, South Africa should pick two additional ‘spokes’ (influential actors) in each sub-region. These 15 strategic partners can increase South Africa's engagement on the continent in the areas of diplomacy, conflict management, and trade relati…
African Prophet or American Poodle
Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in A World of War by Stanley Meisler. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007, 372 pp., $14.78, ISBN: 978-0-471-78744-0The Best Intentions: Kofi Annan and the UN in the Era of American World Power by James Traub. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006, 442 pp., $26. ISBN: 978-0-374-18220-5 Ghana’s Kofi Annan was the first black African to serve as Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) – between 1997 and 2006 – and he shared the No…
Dreams from Our Ancestors
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. Three Rivers Press, 1995, 453 pgs, ISBN: I-4000-8277-3, $13.95The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. Crown Publishers, 2006, 375 pgs, ISBN: 978-1-84767-083-0, $16.50Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell. HarperCollins, 2007, 406 pgs, ISBN: 978-0-06-085821-6, $14.95 When Barack (‘blessed’) Obama – the child of a Kenyan father a…
Pax Nigeriana and the Responsibility to Protect
The essay traces the roots of R2P in African political thought—through individuals such as Kenya's Ali Mazrui, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Tanzania's Salim Ahmed Salim, South Africa's Nelson Mandela and abo Mbeki, and Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali— and considers the bid by West Africa's regional hegemon, Nigeria, to play a leadership role on the continent in relation to the norm. It argues that the regional West African giant has exhibited a 'missiona…
The Iron Lady of Liberia
Curse of Berlin
At the 1884–1885 Conference of Berlin, a cartel of largely European states effectively set the rules for the partition of Africa, an event whose historical and structural importance continues to affect and shape Africa's contemporary international relations. This “Curse” is a recurring theme in this trenchant historical analysis, even though its main focus is on contemporary African issues after the Cold War. The first part of the book examines A…
Curse of Berlin
Prophets of Pax Africana
This chapter begins by explaining the concept of Pax Africana, which suggests that Africans themselves should muster the will to resolve disputes that arise on their continent. The idea asserts a willingness by Africans emerging from a century of colonialism not only to cast off their chains of bondage, but also to break away from the colonial midwives that delivered them to independent statehood. The chapter examines Africa's peacekeeping travai…
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