But the return of civic nationalism in Africa is rekindling hope for emancipatory power of nationalism to drive and win the war against corruption and terror. WELFAREIn this regard, scholars are drawing a clear line between good civic nationalism and bad ethnic nationalism. As such, perpetrators of terror and corruption exploit this weakness of the state and hide behind ethnic nationalism to carry out criminal activities with impunity. But the return of civic nationalism in Africa is rekindling hope for emancipatory power of nationalism to drive and win the war against corruption and terror. Perpetrators of corruption are now turning to ethnic nationalism to shield themselves.

Source: Daily Nation March 23, 2019 19:00 UTC