The U.S. Constitution and Constitutionalism in Africa - Miller Center Bicentennial Series on Constitutionalism 5th edition

More, perhaps, than any other world region, Africa is a living laboratory for observing the interrelation between American, European, and African ideas of constitutionalism. In the post-World War II era, America sought to bring freedom and self-determination to Africa in what we considered a correction of the policies of the European colonial powers.