Constitutionalism and Democratic Governance in Africa: - PULP

8
9
2.4 The independence and reunification of
Cameroon 170
3 An analysis of constitutionalism under the 1961,
1972 and 1996 Constitutions of Cameroon 172
3.1 The 1961 Federal Constitution 172
3.2 The 1972 Constitution 178
3.3 The 1996 Constitution 182
4 Towards effecting constitutionalism in Cameroon 188
Pre-independence constitutions, participatory
constitution-making and constitutionalism in
Africa: The case of Botswana
Bonolo Ramadi Dinokopila
1 Introduction 191
2 The history and making of the Constitution
of Botswana 192
2.1 Constitutional review: The Lobatse conference 196
2.2 Second round of constitutional talks: The
London conference 199
2.3 Botswana’s 1966 Republican Constitution 202
3 Understanding Botswana’s constitution-making
process and its impact on constitutionalism 206
4 Post-independence: Calls for a constitutional
review take centre stage 212
5 Conclusion 215
Popular involvement and constitution-making:
The struggle towards constitutionalism in Malawi
Mwiza Jo Nkhata
1 Introductory remarks 219
2 Of constitutions and constitution-making 220
2.1 Making a ‘perfect’ constitution 222
3 The crafting of constitutions in Malawi 229
3.1 The 1964 Constitution 229
3.2 The 1966 Constitution 230
3.3 The 1994 Constitution 232
4 Popular involvement and constitution-making in
Malawi: Lessons from the Malawian experience 237
5 Constitution-making and constitutionalism in
Malawi 239
6 Final remarks 241
PART III: PERSPECTIVES ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE
10
Between presidentialism and a human rights
approach to constitutionalism: Twenty years of
practice and the dilemma of revising the
1990 Constitution of Benin
Horace Sègnonna Adjolohoun
1 Introduction 245
2 From constitutional instability to an African
Charter-based Constitution 247
vi