Democracy in Africa

How and Why Internet Shutdowns Threaten Democracy in Africa

Mwai Daka, Marisa Lourenço & Nic Cheeseman - 29 March 2023

Joel Cabrita. Photo by L.A. Cicero / Stanford News Service. Book image courtesy of Ohio University Press.

Twala’s Library: How a Small One-Room Lending Library Became a Symbol...

Joel Cabrita - 28 March 2023

PRIZE WINNER! Politics in the Courtyard Defending the South African Constitutional...

Terique Carim - 27 March 2023

Kenyan President William Ruto CREDIT: Office of the Deputy President

Ruto stokes a culture war to deflect blame for poor performance

Washington M. Osiro - 23 March 2023

The Supreme Court of Kenya:CREDIT: Kriddl

Fake history, misunderstanding colonial legacies, and the demonization of homosexuality in...

Aileen Waitaaga Kimuhu - 23 March 2023

Where is Hochnamibian? – a rejoinder to Bjarnesen et al

Bert van Pinxteren & Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju - 22 March 2023

Flag of the Tigray Region/CREDIT: J. Ollé

Tigray’s precarious transition: On the establishment of an Interim Regional Administration

Kjetil Tronvoll & Mehari Taddele Maru - 9 March 2023

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu/CREDIT: Chatham House

Can President elect Tinubu Solve Nigeria’s Perennial “Restructuring” Problem

O. Olufunmbi Elemo-Kaka - 6 March 2023