The Festering Sore of Corruption in Africa and its Implications for Democratic Consolidation

Abstract

This article interrogates, in theoretical cum descriptive fashion, the nexus between corruption and democracy, using sub- Saharan Africa as a research backdrop. Drawing mainly from secondary data and leaning towards a  modernisation theoretical framework, it argues that the festering sore of corruption has produced antitheses that are injurious to economic development and ultimately democratic development. It submits that if this state of affairs continues unchecked, consolidating democracy will be extremely difficult.