ABSTRACT
Only the nations of Botswana and Mauritius have managed to maintain functioning democracies since independence. Since 1994, with the accession of the African National Congress (ANC) to power, South Africa, too, has maintained a true democracy. However, some historians and scholars have recently begun to worry about the fate of democracy in Botswana. In 2007, for example, the government of Botswana exiled Kenneth Good, a lecturer at the University of Botswana, for critical comments about government actions. In 2000, Senegal and The Gambia succeeded in holding what appeared to be free and fair elections.
