Michael Amoah
Biographic Data
| ID | 96018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Amoah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Amoah |
| SIGNATURE | AMOAH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8720-2312 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Decolonizing African Politics
Decolonizing Françafrique
Extending term limits, constitutional referendums and elections in francophone Africa
All five francophone Africa presidential elections in Guinea, Côte d ’Ivoire, Togo (2020), Chad and Congo-Brazzaville (2021) occurred with incumbents imposing their candidacies beyond presidential term limits which had expired, via controversial constitutional referendums, followed by elections which the incumbents went on to win. This research article discusses how they did it. The paper argues that once incumbents had successfully conducted the…
Private Military Companies, Foreign Legions and Counterterrorism in Mali and Central African Republic
The exacerbation of terrorism in Sahelian West and Central Africa and the presence of foreign legions in aid of counterterrorism has generated research interest in private military companies (PMCs) as legions, including drone legions. This article discusses the French Legion in Mali, PMC Wagner in Central Africa Republic (CAR) and United States (US) drone legions in Sahelian West and Central Africa which is entirely francophone. French Legion dis…
Presidential Extensions in Africa 1960 to 2022
There have been 35 presidential extensions across 24 countries in Africa from 1960 to 2022, done through four categories of extension mechanisms. Most extensions occur in francophone countries, where heads-of-state govern for up to four decades and beyond, propped up by French foreign policy pacts or bilateral defense agreements which station French bases that ward of insurrections against perennial presidents. This has gestated political discont…
Sleight is right
Sleight of hand in manipulating the computation of results has become the new might for deciding who wins presidential elections. It appears that whoever controls the computation exercises a right to take advantage and win, and whoever loses or relinquishes control of the computation loses the election. As incumbents do not want to be identified with direct interference or rigging, hacking has become an alternative means. This raises a serious ch…
Nationalism, Globalization, and Africa
Nationalism, especially supranationalism is the bane of global governance, and globalization. Whereas globalization seeks to unify the globe to function to advantage, supranationalisms operate to frus
Theorizing on Nationalism
This chapter sets the scene for this book's argument that despite globalization being a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society to function together, and the advantages thereof, the contours and the distribution of nationalism across the globe, and the identity interests associated with these contours, do undermine or operate against the aims of global governance, globalization, and the potential coherence of th…
Reconstructing the Nation in Africa
The established theories and debates on nationalism were formed in the twin crucibles of Eighteenth-century Europe and America, and continue to be informed by that heritage. Reconstructing the Nation in Africa challenges some of the key principles that underlie the current debates on nationalism by exploring in depth the experience of multinational states in Africa. Taking Ghana as a case study, Michael Amoah introduces and develops two important…
Politics in Ghana, 1982-1992
Mike Oquaye, Politics in Ghana, 1982–1992: Rawlings, revolution and populist democracy. Accra and New Delhi: Tornado Publications and Thomson Press India Ltd (pb £17.99 – 9988 7868 1 6). 2004, 640 pp. - Volume 76 Issue 3
Christian Musical Worship and ?Hostility to the Body
Herbert Spencer (1896) discussed how the prominent social role of music embodies a ‘twinlike’ relationship with dance. This relationship is implicit between the type of dance and music—and obviously the occasion—whether it be a South American samba, an African kantata or a European waltz. The characteristically slow, sober and sombre style of orthodox or mainstream church music and its apparent disunion with dance would appear to derive from the …
Christian Musical Worship and 'Hostility to the Body'
Herbert Spencer (1896) discussed how the prominent social role of music embodies a ‘twinlike’ relationship with dance. This relationship is implicit between the type of dance and music—and obviously the occasion—whether it be a South American samba, an African kantata or a European waltz. The characteristically slow, sober and sombre style of orthodox or mainstream church music and its apparent disunion with dance would appear to derive from the …
Reconstructing the Nation in Africa
The established theories and debates on nationalism were formed in the twin crucibles of Eighteenth-century Europe and America, and continue to be informed by that heritage. Reconstructing the Nation in Africa challenges some of the key principles that underlie the current debates on nationalism by exploring in depth the experience of multinational states in Africa. Taking Ghana as a case study, Michael Amoah introduces and develops two important…
Politics in Ghana, 1982-1992
Mike Oquaye, Politics in Ghana, 1982–1992: Rawlings, revolution and populist democracy. Accra and New Delhi: Tornado Publications and Thomson Press India Ltd (pb £17.99 – 9988 7868 1 6). 2004, 640 pp. - Volume 76 Issue 3
Sleight is right
Sleight of hand in manipulating the computation of results has become the new might for deciding who wins presidential elections. It appears that whoever controls the computation exercises a right to take advantage and win, and whoever loses or relinquishes control of the computation loses the election. As incumbents do not want to be identified with direct interference or rigging, hacking has become an alternative means. This raises a serious ch…
Christian Musical Worship and ?Hostility to the Body
Herbert Spencer (1896) discussed how the prominent social role of music embodies a ‘twinlike’ relationship with dance. This relationship is implicit between the type of dance and music—and obviously the occasion—whether it be a South American samba, an African kantata or a European waltz. The characteristically slow, sober and sombre style of orthodox or mainstream church music and its apparent disunion with dance would appear to derive from the …
Christian Musical Worship and 'Hostility to the Body'
Herbert Spencer (1896) discussed how the prominent social role of music embodies a ‘twinlike’ relationship with dance. This relationship is implicit between the type of dance and music—and obviously the occasion—whether it be a South American samba, an African kantata or a European waltz. The characteristically slow, sober and sombre style of orthodox or mainstream church music and its apparent disunion with dance would appear to derive from the …
Politics in Ghana, 1982-1992
Mike Oquaye, Politics in Ghana, 1982–1992: Rawlings, revolution and populist democracy. Accra and New Delhi: Tornado Publications and Thomson Press India Ltd (pb £17.99 – 9988 7868 1 6). 2004, 640 pp. - Volume 76 Issue 3
Reconstructing the Nation in Africa
The established theories and debates on nationalism were formed in the twin crucibles of Eighteenth-century Europe and America, and continue to be informed by that heritage. Reconstructing the Nation in Africa challenges some of the key principles that underlie the current debates on nationalism by exploring in depth the experience of multinational states in Africa. Taking Ghana as a case study, Michael Amoah introduces and develops two important…
Nationalism, Globalization, and Africa
Nationalism, especially supranationalism is the bane of global governance, and globalization. Whereas globalization seeks to unify the globe to function to advantage, supranationalisms operate to frus
Theorizing on Nationalism
This chapter sets the scene for this book's argument that despite globalization being a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society to function together, and the advantages thereof, the contours and the distribution of nationalism across the globe, and the identity interests associated with these contours, do undermine or operate against the aims of global governance, globalization, and the potential coherence of th…
Sleight is right
Sleight of hand in manipulating the computation of results has become the new might for deciding who wins presidential elections. It appears that whoever controls the computation exercises a right to take advantage and win, and whoever loses or relinquishes control of the computation loses the election. As incumbents do not want to be identified with direct interference or rigging, hacking has become an alternative means. This raises a serious ch…
Extending term limits, constitutional referendums and elections in francophone Africa
All five francophone Africa presidential elections in Guinea, Côte d ’Ivoire, Togo (2020), Chad and Congo-Brazzaville (2021) occurred with incumbents imposing their candidacies beyond presidential term limits which had expired, via controversial constitutional referendums, followed by elections which the incumbents went on to win. This research article discusses how they did it. The paper argues that once incumbents had successfully conducted the…
Private Military Companies, Foreign Legions and Counterterrorism in Mali and Central African Republic
The exacerbation of terrorism in Sahelian West and Central Africa and the presence of foreign legions in aid of counterterrorism has generated research interest in private military companies (PMCs) as legions, including drone legions. This article discusses the French Legion in Mali, PMC Wagner in Central Africa Republic (CAR) and United States (US) drone legions in Sahelian West and Central Africa which is entirely francophone. French Legion dis…
Presidential Extensions in Africa 1960 to 2022
There have been 35 presidential extensions across 24 countries in Africa from 1960 to 2022, done through four categories of extension mechanisms. Most extensions occur in francophone countries, where heads-of-state govern for up to four decades and beyond, propped up by French foreign policy pacts or bilateral defense agreements which station French bases that ward of insurrections against perennial presidents. This has gestated political discont…
Decolonizing African Politics
Decolonizing Françafrique
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