This week’s episode begins with discussion over the contested elections and recent result announcement in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a coup attempt by junior military officers in Gabon.
Our episode features a conversation with Matthew Page (@MatthewTPage), an associate fellow at Chatham House and formerly the U.S. intelligence community’s top Nigeria expert. Along with Ambassador John Campbell (@JohnCampbellcfr), Matthew wrote the new Oxford University Press book, Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know. We chatted with Matthew about their book and about Nigeria’s elections next month.
Book, Links, & Articles
- Coming 2 America (2021)
- Too Good to Die by Ayisha Osori and Chidi Odinkalu
- She Called Me Woman: Nigeria’s Queer Women Speak by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, Rafeeat Aliyu
- Welcome to Lagos: A Novel by Chibundu Onuzo
- Women and the on Boko War Haram by Hilary Matfess
- Love Does Not Win Elections by Ayisha Osori
- Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World by Oliver Bullough