ABSTRACT
The introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book argues that there are connections between state weakness and its inability to resist external pressures or penetration. It also argues that the state in Africa is weak and incoherent and therefore prone to capture by special interest groups, particularly transnational terrorist organizations. It talks about how the work examines the various facets of links between the weak state and contemporary transnational terrorism in order to explain and predict action in the sphere of policy options. The book provides an overview of the state and terrorism and explores the trajectory in Africa. It examines economic, historical and political forces that help create and shape a climate conducive to breeding networks of terrorism. The book deals with Radical Islamism both as a concept and its institutional growth from the Egyptian Brotherhoods to the present-day unblinking quest for Islamic theocracies in the continent.
