Newly emerging African democracies have let down the people of Africa, and have brought about untold misery and suffering.

Most of Africa's social, economic, and security challenges have arisen due to the failure of political leaders to instill sanity and discipline in the government machinery. In fact, many join politics with the sole aim of accumulating riches in the shortest space of time.

In the detective novel Crime and Corruption, a police inspector probes the deaths of a prominent businessman, his son, and some residents of Ndirande Township in the city...