#BookClub: Contesting Sovereignty in Africa and the Global South
Joel Ng -
The year 2016 saw populism go mainstream in the West, when the phenomena of Brexit and Donald Trump’s US election sharpened the...
Book Club: How to Write about Post-Genocide Rwanda
How effective has the process of nation, state and peace-building been in Rwanda under President Paul Kagame? And what is the best way to...
Read More Work By Stephen Ellis
Here at DiA we have always been inspired by the thought provoking, challenging and insightful work of Stephen Ellis, who sadly passed away in...
DIA BOOK CLUB: Why Is Africa Erupting in Protest?
Lisa Mueller introduces her new book Political Protest in Contemporary Africa (Cambridge 2018), arguing that the ongoing wave of protests in sub-Saharan Africa results...
DIA BOOK CLUB: War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization...
How do women experience war? Does war reconfigure gender power relations? Marie E. Berry explores these and other questions in her new book: War,...
Legislative Development in Africa: Politics and Postcolonial Legacies
In the latest instalment of our popular Book Club feature, one of the rising stars of African studies, Ken Opalo, shares the main messages...
#BookClub: Lords of Impunity – how the United Nations failed the...
My latest book, Lords of Impunity: How the United Nations Failed the World and What Can Be Done to Transform It shows...
#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...
Zimbabwe: How Robert Mugabe squandered a “Mandela-esque” legacy
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe remains one of Africa's most intriguing and controversial leaders. As part of our popular "Book Club" series, Martin Plaut...
DiA Book Club: Institutional Legacies, Decision Frames and Political Violence in...
As part of our regular DiA Book Club series, which brings you the most important new publications on African politics, Stacey M. Mitchell introduce...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?