Internet shutdowns in Africa

LAUNCH: Internet Shutdowns and Democracy in Africa

DiA is delighted to be launching a new series on Internet shutdowns and control in Africa, edited by Mwai Daka and Marisa...

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

Early this year, the Centre for Research on Democracy (CREDO) at Stellenbosch University launched a nationwide essay competition open to undergraduate students...

Citizenship is a Room full of Elephants – An Engagement with...

It’s nice to be recognised, even for the wrong reasons. Over the past year or so, we have been thinking and writing...
CREDIT: https://jlia.co.za/blog/how-you-can-lose-citizenship-in-south-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-you-can-lose-citizenship-in-south-africa

Creating Belonging or Ruling by Exclusion? Politics, Citizenship and African Governance

Citizenship is and has always been a complicated and multi-faceted concept. Across African contexts, as a recent IDAP webinar reiterated, this complexity...

WATCH!: The changing idea of citizenship in Africa

Check out the latest IDAP event on the changing idea of citizenship in Africa, with great speakers and...
Decolonizing the Academy The African Politics Reading List 2022

UPDATED FOR 2022! The Decolonizing the Academy Reading List

In response to requests from colleagues and friends, some of whom said that they wanted to diversify their course material but were...

LONG READ: Problematizing the Democratic Imperative – The challenge of transition...

DiA occasionally publishes long reads which allow writers to go into depth on a topic of particular significance. This piece by E.A....

WATCH! The importance of ideologies and ideas in Africa – IDAP...

Check out the brilliant round table on the importance of ideologies and ideas in Africa. https://youtu.be/iWHxNa8DePQ

UPCOMING WEBINAR: African MPs: Out of touch elites or put upon...

Democracy in Africa is delighted to announce the fourth joint webinar with the fantastic Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa of...
Alex Magaisa

Obituary. Alex Magaisa: Teacher, Mentor, Ally, Inspiration

Nic Cheeseman has written an obituary of his friend and Colleague Alex Magaisa for the Guardian newspaper. To read it click here....