Are postcolonial African States monarchies or republics disguised as monarchies ? That is the question that guides us in this article. We started our analylis from the observation of what has been happening in the African republics since independence : the presidential power that goes from father to son (Republic Democratic of Congo, Togolese Republic, Gabonese Republic) and the extravagant longevity of some African presidents to the presidency (Muammar Gaddafi : 41 years, Omar Bongo : 41 years … Teodoro Obiang Nguema : 38 years …). By observing what is happening in Africa, the postcolonial African States, although bearing the name of republic, are in reality neither republics nor monarchies. The postcolonial African States are not republics because public life escapes citizens who must elect their leaders for specific mandates, who must do the democratic control and who must express freely on the management of public affairs. But the postcolonial African States are not monarchies either because policies are still in competition ; elections are still organised, even if in many cases they do not lead to regime change. In reality, the postcolonial African States are monarchies disguised as republics or republics defrocked. Better, they are monarchical-republics. The possibility of overthrowing the government by elections does not exist, only assassination, rebellion, or armed uprising can contadict the principale of indefinite continuation at the head of the State. Hence the rise of internal armed conflicts in Africa.

While legalized in other countries, homosexual marriage remains poorly perceived in Africa. With the exception of South Africa, which has made enormous progress on gay rights, other African states still oppose homosexual marriage and homosexuals are rejected and stigmatized. In this context, where homophobic sentiment is widespread and in the face of pressure from Western powers demanding that human rights, including those of homosexuals be respected, questions the perspectives of the institutionalization of homosexuality in Africa becomes interesting. Hence this article entitled « Perspectives of the institutionalization of homosexuality in Africa. Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo ». Following our participation-observation and analysis of the results of our research conducted in the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we noticed that homosexuality is still poorly perceived in the Democratic Republic of Congo and generally in Africa. Congolese are still trying for the moment to cling to their moral and cultural values that reject homosexuality. In these days, it would be wrong to initiate a law institutionalizing homosexual marriage. However, the Congolese and African political leaders would not try to take a law criminalizing homosexuals for fear of being accused by the Western powers of supporting human rights violations, which will lead to sanctions.