Don’t miss our first episode featuring an interview conducted at the African Studies Association annual meeting last week. We chat with George Bob-Milliar and Lauren MacLean about recent student protests at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), where George is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Political Studies. Lauren was on campus during the protests visiting Ghana for research; she is the Arthur F. Bentley Chair and Professor of political science at Indiana University at Bloomington.
In addition to telling the story of how the KNUST protests unfolded and the grievances students had that led to the protests, George and Lauren talk more broadly about what the protests (and state response) mean for academic freedom, democracy in Ghana, and more.
Books, Links, & Articles
- Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know by John Campbell and Matthew T. Page
- “How do resource-constrained countries commit to universal health care?” Analysis by Joseph Harris
- Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism by Joseph Harris
- Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change by Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
- Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform by Nic Cheeseman