Africa must shift focus from legislative to socializing values

In the quest for global peace and disarmament after the World Wars, a conscience pricked world, scarred by the catastrophic savagery and wanton destructiveness embarked on a vigorous wave of constitutional reviews in a bid to end the profligacy and constitutional disregard that had triggered both wars.

New International instruments were crafted and global organs formed to purposely ensure peace and restore human dignity. In as much as the world wars took center stage as the main triggers for reform, guilt around the African slave trade and colonialism also expressly informed reform emphasis.