This paper investigates the perplexing issue of the democratic deficit in Africa's postliberation states. It seeks to answer why former African liberation movements failed to make a genuine transition to democracy during the second stage of the national liberation struggle, instead ofleaving behind authoritarian military regimes and one-party states that disappointed people. The paper's primary goal is to study the transitional path offormer liberation movements in Africa and examine thefactors that contribute to thefailure ofthe transformation process from armed resistance to conventional politics. The research is descriptive and analytical in nature, conducted using the qualitative research method The findings show that former liberation ...