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Public Affairs Faculty

Osita Afoaku
Clinical Professor

Ph.D. Washington State University, 1991

Prof. Afoaku is director of Outreach in the African Studies Program and teaches public policy in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. His research interests include human rights, sustainable development, democratization and state reconstruction in Africa, U.S.-African/Third World relations, and UN Security Council reform. Prior to his current employment, Prof. Afoaku was professor and chair of Africana Studies at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley.

Recent Publications
Afoaku, O.G. (2005). E xplaining the Failure of Democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. New York: The Edwin Mellen Press (forthcoming).

Afoaku, O.G. (co-author) (2005). Sustainable Development in Africa: A Multifaceted Challenge . New Jersey: Africa World Press, Inc.

Afoaku, O.G., (2003). "Between Dictatorship and Democracy: A Critical Examination of Kabila's 'Revolution' in the Democratic Republic of Congo." In Julius O. Ihonvbere and John Mukum Mbaku (Eds.), Political Liberalization and Democratization in Africa: Lessons from Country Experiences. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.

Afoaku, O.G. (2002). "Congo Rebels: Their Motivations and Strategies." In John F. Clark (Ed.), The African Stakes in the Congo War . New York: Palgrave, 2002.

Afoaku, O.G. (2001). "The United Nations Security Council Reform: A Critical Examination of Enlargement Options,” Journal of Third World Studies , Vol. XVIII, No. 2, Fall.

Afoaku, O.G. (2000). “Confronting the AIDS Crisis in Post-military Nigeria,” Journal of Nigerian Affairs , September.

Afoaku, O.G. (2000). “U.S. Foreign Policy and Authoritarian Regimes: Change and Continuity in International Clientelism,” Journal of Third World Studies , Fall.

Afoaku, O.G. (1999). “The Politics of Democratic Transition in Congo-Zaire: Implications of the Kabila Revolution,” Journal of Conflict Studies , Fall.