AFRICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE REVUE AFRICAINE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE NEW SERIES Volume 2 Number 2 December 1997 ISSN 1027 0353 African Journal of Political Science (formerly African Journal of Political Economy) Revue Africaine de Science Politique New Series Vol. 2 No. 2 December 1997 A Journal of the African Association of Political Science, it is published two times a year (June and December). -Articles in the AJPS represent neither the views of the African Association of Political Science (AAPS) nor its officers. Responsibility for opinions or views expressed, and the accuracy of facts presented and published rests solely with the individual authors concerned. ©African Association of Political Science, December 1997 Printed by: Print-Source (Private) Limited P.O. Box HG 640, Highlands, Harare, Zimbabwe. Editor: Kwame A. 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Veuillez joindre un resume de 250 mots ainsi qu' une Declaration signe'e indiquant que le manuscrit n'a ni ete publie, ni ete presente ailleurs afin d'etre publie dans une autre revue. Toutes les correspondences doivent etre adressees a: The Editor, AJPS African Association of Political Science P.O. Box MP 1100, Mt. Pleasant Harare, ZIMBABWE Telephone: (263-4) 739023-5 Fax : (263-4) 730403 E-mail: aapp@harare.iafrica.com iv AFRICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (Formely African Journal of Political Science) REVUE AFRICAINE DE SCIENCE POLITIQUE NEW SERIES Volume 2 Number 2 December 1997 CONTENTS/SOMMAIRE Articles Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja The Role of Intellectuals in the Struggle for Democracy, Peace and Reconstruction in Africa Presidential Address delivered at the I lth Biennial Congress ofAAPS held in Durban, South Africa. June 23-26, 1997 1-14 Adam Habib South Africa - The Rainbow Nation and Prospects for Consolidating Democracy 15-37 Felix K.G. Anebo Voting Pattern and Electoral Alliances in Ghana's 1996 Elections 38-52 Yusuf Bangura The Concept of Policy Dialogue and Gendered Development: Understanding its Institutional and Ideological Constraints 53-92 Clive J. Napier The African State and Constitutional Renaissance 93-103 John O. Oucho The Ethnic Factor in Internal Displacement of Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa 104-117 Documents Southern African Charter on Land, Labour and Food Security. April 25, 1997 118-131