#BookClub Nigerian politics & journalism: Embers of empire
Why are calls for the restructuring of Nigeria a recurring subject of debate? For our popular #BookClub feature, Mercy Ette celebrates the...
#BookClub: Arbitrary States & Museveni’s Uganda – interview and blog!
As part of DiA's popular #BookClub feature, we invited Rebecca Tapscott to discuss her brilliant new book, Arbitrary States, with Gerald Bareebe....
#BookClub: Contesting Sovereignty in Africa and the Global South
The year 2016 saw populism go mainstream in the West, when the phenomena of Brexit and Donald Trump’s US election sharpened the...
#BookClub: Dissidents and Democracy in Africa
Any article proposing possible ways to create durable and equitable democracies in Africa should be humble in its goals. A cursory glance...
African Peace – Regional Norms from the OAU to the AU
The global order is constantly evolving, and more recent debates about the nature of this change have highlighted the ascendency of emerging...
#BookClub. What drives election rigging – and when citizens resist it?
In recent months it has felt like election rigging has run riot.
Citizens killed, beaten and intimidated and election...
#Book Club: Edward Clay Reviews Michela Wrong’s Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad, by Michela Wrong, London, Fourth Estate, 1 April...
#BookClub: What Britain Did to Nigeria
Four months ago, Nigeria celebrated the 60th anniversary of independence from colonial rule. At that moment Nigeria reached “half-time” and has now...
#Book Club: Repression, Polarization, and the Arab Spring 10 Years On
In December 2010, protests that would serve as the catalyst for the Arab Spring uprisings began in Sidi Bou Zid, a small...
#BookClub: Power and the Presidency in Kenya
In the latest in our popular #BookClub feature, Anaïs Angelo reveals the most significant lessons of her fascinating new book Power and the Presidency:...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?