Politics of Africa

In this channel you will find summaries on important domestic issues that inform today's political landscape in African countries, as well as summaries on their respective roles in international politics.
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The Rift
Book
A New Africa Breaks Free

Alex Perry

Little, Brown US, 2015

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Democracy
Book
Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

Condoleezza Rice

Twelve, 2017

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What Happens in Sudan Doesn’t Stay in Sudan
Article
Will Khartoum Become the Center of a New African Order or an Appendage of the Gulf?

Michael Woldemariam and Alden Young

Foreign Affairs, 2019

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‘State capture’
Article
The corruption investigation that has shaken South Africa

Mark Gevisser

The Guardian, 2019

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The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Book
A Story of War and What Comes After

Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil

Crown, 2018

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Who Owns South Africa?
Article
A fiercely debated program of land reform could address racial injustice – or cause chaos.

Ariel Levy

The New Yorker, 2019

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The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa
Book
Money, War and the Business of Power

Alex de Waal

Polity Press, 2015

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Searching for Boko Haram
Book
A History of Violence in Central Africa

Scott MacEachern

Oxford UP, 2018

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The Fate of Africa
Book
A History of the Continent Since Independence

Martin Meredith

Public Affairs, 2011

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“They Eat Money”
Article
How Mandela’s Political Heirs Grow Rich Off Corruption

Norimitsu Onishi and Selam Gebrekidan

The New York Times, 2018

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