Abstract
Abstract This chapter argues that in broad swaths of Africa, many types of corrupt practice are not the deviant behavior of a small minority--they are a standard mode of transacting political and financial business. The article traces the historical roots of this phenomenon, explaining how hollowed out institutions of the postcolonial state have been used by secret services, money launderers, offshore bankers, corporate lawyers, sanctions busters, drug traffickers, arms smugglers, political elites and others for personal gain. Underlying this is the imposition of legal-rational institutions by colonial powers on indigenous societies, the economic decline that has beset the continent since the 1970s, and a perception on the part of African leaders that the international system is rigged against them. As long as this mood prevails, corruption in Africa will continue.
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