Nigeria vs African peers that transitioned to Democracy in the 90s- GDP per capita
In the closing decade of the twentieth century, Africa began dismantling old certainties. Military juntas that had ruled by decree packed away their fatigues. One-party states loosened their grip and rewrote constitutions. In Southern Africa, apartheid, the world’s most notorious system of institutionalised racial segregation, collapsed under the weight of internal resistance and international pressure.
Across the continent, a new language took hold. It was the language of multiparty elections, constitutional rule and civilian supremacy. Dem
