An Assessment of Non-Aligned Movement in Theory and Practice: Africa and India Perspectives

Abstract

African states and colonialists are like Siamese twins conjugated at the political, social and economic parts such that even after the African states were granted independence, their political economy were still dependent and pejoratively tied to the apron of the colonialists

Therefore, when independent African states announced that they would pursue a policy of Non-alignment with the super powers, it was like the dawn of a new era for the African continent. This paper examines therefore the extent to which Non-alignment allowed these states to have absolute control of their domestic and international affairs.

The paper analyzed the concept of Non-alignment, its origins and relations to African states.  While some scholars have concluded that the Non-Alignment policy was a toothless bulldog, just an ordinary theoretical concept and was practically not practiced; the cold war years and subsequent years, was, where African policy of Non-alignment was to be tested practically. Against the position of these scholars, the paper assesses if the Non-Alignment was indeed a worthless exploration, and its impact on the development of African states