Nana Poku
- Affiliation: University of Bradford
Nana K. Poku is the John Ferguson Professor of African Studies at the University of Bradford. He joined the University’s Peace Studies Department in 2006 from the United Nations where he held the posts of Senior Policy Advisor to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and also Director of Research for the United Nation’s Secretary General’s Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (UN-CHGA).
Books by Nana Poku
Politics in Africa
A New Introduction
Anna Mdee, Nana Poku
Democracy, prosperity and self-rule, this was the vision of African independence. Across the continent, however, the ‘optimism’ that characterized the immediate post-independence period has largely faded. Meanwhile, ordinary Africans lurch between undemocratic, unaccountable and unresponsive governments and a decaying traditional African past. How did things go so wrong? Why has the continent lagged behind others in economic development despite its potential natural resources? Why… (more information)