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Ethno-regional politics threat to Africa’s democratic growth — Falola

Public intellectual, Prof Toyin Falola, has cautioned that ethno-regional politics remains one of the most persistent and complex obstacles to Africa’s democratic consolidation and sustainable ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

In pre-colonial Africa, political decentralization was by design

A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy Pre-colonial African societies have long been seen ...
Cfr.org

African Youth Are Catalysts for Political Transformation, Highlights a New CFR Book

In The Age of Change: How Urban Youth Are Transforming African Politics, Michelle Gavin, the Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), explores ...
La Civiltà Cattolica

The Consequences of Constitutional Reform in Africa

Jean-Pierre Bodjoko explores constitutional reforms in Africa, examining power dynamics, legitimacy, governance, and their ...
The American Spectator

What Is America’s Role in Africa?

The first response is easy — stop using our instruments of influence, particularly our foreign aid dollars, to undermine local cultures. The first response is easy — stop using our instruments of ...