Diamonds are a natural resource that, when properly managed, have been the building blocks of African democracies.

South African democracy took a turn for the interesting.

In the 1980's Nigeria was hailed as a model of African democracy and prosperity.

The Africans claimed they had their own form of African democracy.

The truth is that the new South African democracy will face daunting problems.

Like most of the new South African democracy, the court is a hybrid.

With little special outside help or attention, many of these early experiments in African democracy quickly foundered.

The long-term consequences for African democracy may be serious.

South African democracy has never been tossed by this many crosscurrents.

The question remains whether there is such a thing as African democracy.