The Future of Nation – States in Africa Beyond the 21st Century: Federalism or Secession?

This paper underscores that nation – states are very important fabrics of polity given that their existence and form determine and shape them for sovereign endowments and ultimately international politics. The future of nation – states hinges on their historical formation and progressive efforts put in nurturing their being. In asking what makes states exist or disappear and whether nation – states exist in Africa becomes a good starting point in building a thought into this thesis. In addition to this, the author would want to find projections of future existence of nation – states in Africa 21st Century and secondly, carrying out a politico – surgical analysis of African states and nation – state formations after independence. With this limited yet wide in scope summaries are made. The study finds this subject appealing because the concept nation – state seems to portend a gap in knowledge as currently used. This makes their existence is an issue for political scientists and other disciplines and more so in the African parlance. This will open a prism through which therefore the future of nation – states in Africa can be viewed now whether in stable units or through likely disintegrations of federalism or secession in the 21st century. The research will employ a qualitative inquiry on the basis of written material available and relevant to the thought which shall then be reviewed in context, form, and content to arrive at conclusion