#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:...
#BookClub: East Africa After Liberation
In the latest in our popular #BookClub feature, Jonathan Fisher reveals the most significant lessons of his important new book East Africa After Liberation. To...
#BookClub: The Crisis of Democracy in Zambia
In the latest in our popular #BookClub feature, Tinenenji Banda, Marja Hinfelaar, O'Brien Kaaba and Muna Ndulo use their important new book Democracy and Electoral Politics...
#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...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?