#BookClub: Building peace out of diversity and violence
A potent issue in designing institutions to address violent conflict is whether such institutions should explicitly recognize or avoid reference to ethnic identities. Conflicts...
Celebrating Africa Day With A New Encyclopedia of African Politics!
Africa Day celebrates the foundation of the Organisation of African Unity in 1963. It’s all about recognising, as the First Congress of Independent African...
#BookClub: Debating Democracy – Nigerian Salafis and Boko Haram Twenty Years...
In the latest in our popular #BookClub feature, Jacob Zenn discusses the most important findings of his important new book, Unmasking Boko Haram, Exploring...
#BookClub: A review of Guy Scott’s Autobiography
As part of our popular #BookClub series, Timothy Wild reviews the autobiography of Guy Scott, Adventures in Zambian Politics: A Story in Black and White....
#BookClub: Rural Democracy – Elections and Development in Africa
In the latest in our popular #bookclub feature, Robin Harding shares the key insights of his important and path-breaking book Rural Democracy.
How have African...
Authoritarian Africa – Watch the Video of Fromagehomme’s new book!
DiA's very own Fromagehomme (aka Prof Nic Cheeseman) has a new book out with Dr Jonathan Fisher called Authoritarian Africa: Repression, Resistance and the...
Negotiating public services: State, society and governance in the Congo
How are public services delivered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country which is largely known for the absence, and fragility of...
The Book Club: Give peace a (better) chance
How can we use our knowledge of what works and what doesn't to make peacebuilding efforts more effective. In the latest in our popular...
Why it is time to take “Young Africa” seriously
From being a ‘dark continent’ to a ‘rising continent’ and anything in between, Africa is misunderstood? Drawing insights from his thought-provoking new book, The...
Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria
Is Pentecostalism appropriating state power in Nigeria? Ebenezer Obadare, author of Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria responds to...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?