Nigeria’s elections have been postponed, but that didn’t keep us from sharing our insightful conversation with Nicholas Kerr (@nnkerr) this week. Nicholas is an assistant professor of comparative politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. We talk about his research on electoral management bodies in Africa and in particular about his research on election management and popular perceptions of election quality in Nigeria.
In the news wrap, we also talk about protests in Sudan, political reshuffling in Cameroon and Burkina Faso, and the incomplete decolonization efforts at the Africa Museum in Belgium.
Books, Links, & Articles
- “The Historical Precedents of the Current Uprising in Sudan.” by Anakwa Dwamena
- “INEC to postpone tomorrow’s elections.” by Lois Ugbede
- “How WhatsApp influenced Nigeria’s recent election — and what it taught us about ‘fake news.’ Analysis by Jamie Hitchen, Jonathan Fisher, Nic Cheeseman, and Idayat Hassan
- Multi-Ethnic Coalitions in Africa: Business Financing of Opposition Election Campaigns by Leonardo Arriola
- “Election-Day Experiences and Evaluations of Electoral Integrity in Unconsolidated Democracies: Evidence from Nigeria.” by Nicholas Nathan Kerr
- Electoral Politics in Africa Since 1990 by Nicolas van de Walle and Jaimie Bleck