One would argue that democracy is the best way but many African states which have witnessed and practiced this political idea have failed to progress especially in political development.
The whole idea of the failure of democracy in Africa is heavily caused by African leaders who think they can practice both democracy and authoritative system together, case in point is Uganda under Museveni,Kenya under Moi and Tanzania under Nyerere. All these leaders were authoritarian by their system of governance but they smear their governments with democratic ideas like elections, constitutionalism but all these serve one purpose to maintain govts in power.
In my opinion the system of governance is that one the populace of a particular area choose through fair and credible elections. However one should not forget that African societies spend billion years under monarchs were people had little to say in the they should be governed.
Lastly ,from monarchs to colonialists who governed them under an authoritarian system ,so turning such societies to a complete democracy is not an easy thing.
KASAALU ISA 