Since its establishment in 1980 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has largely been a state driven organization, with the people of Southern Africa, though enshrined in the treaty, remaining observers in the SADC democratization and integration agenda. The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus: National Constitutions, Citizen’s Sovereignty, Communication, and Awareness, edited by Korwa Gombe Adar, Dorothy Mpabanga, Kebapetse Lotshwao, Thekiso Molokwane, and Norbert Musekiwa, brings in the people of Southern Africa, the key beneficiaries of the integration agenda, in the SADC democratization and integration epistemology. Using the new concepts of sadcness and sadcnization, this book operationalizes from legal, communication, and awareness perspectives, the nexus of the people of Southern Africa, democratization, and integration in the SADC region. From legal and communications lenses, the contributors argue that democratization and integration are about people (citizens), the sovereigns, and not merely the abstract actors called nation states. Using the case studies of Angola, Botswana, Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, the contributors engage in this epistemology and assess, among other things, the peoples' of Southern Africa—the Southern Africa Development Community integration nexus.

Contributions by: Korwa Gombe Adar, Nelson Domingos António, Luca Bussotti, Keaoleboga Dipogiso, José Katito, Gosego Rockfall Lekgowe, Kebapetse Lotshwao, Thekiso Molokwane, Dorothy Mpabanga, Ashton Murwira, Norbert Musekiwa, Thabiso Muswede, Laura António Nhaueleque, Rita Ozomena, Andrianirina Rabemananoro, Idah Holiarisoa Razafindrakoto, Alexander Madanha Rusero, Madalena da Piedade Chiconela Santana, Steve Tametong, Letshwiti Batlhalefi B. Tutwane, Marlon Zakeyo