In this week’s episode, we start with news about LGBTQ rights in Botswana, Russian interference in African countries’ domestic politics, and east African governments announcing increased spending on infrastructure. We also mention the upcoming book launch for Jeffrey Paller and Noah Nathan’s respective books at CDD-Ghana on June 19th.
This week’s conversation is with Susanna Wing (@SusannaWing), associate professor of political science at Haverford College. She is author of the award-winning book, Constructing Democracy in Transitioning Societies of Africa: Constitutionalism and Deliberation in Mali, that was later published in paperback in 2010 as Constructing Democracy in Africa: Mali in Transition. Earlier this week Susanna wrote a helpful explainer piece about the recent violence and instability in Mali, which we talk about in this week’s episode.
Books, Links, & Articles
- Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror by Elizabeth Schmidt
- “To end mass protests, Sudan has cut off Internet access nationwide. Here’s why.” Analysis by Steven Feldstein
- Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa by Jeffrey Paller
- Electoral Politics and Africa’s Urban Transition: Class and Ethnicity in Ghana by Noah Nathan
- Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency by Larry Diamond
- When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip
- Off the Radar: A Father’s Secret, a Mother’s Heroism, and a Son’s Quest by Cyrus Copeland