The news wrap in this week’s episode offers tribute to Malawian economist and thinker Thandika Mkandawire, discusses COVID-19’s economic impacts, and more.This week’s conversation is with Peace Medie (@PeaceMedie), a Senior Lecturer in Gender and International Politics at the University of Bristol. Her research examines gender, politics, and conflict in Africa. During a conversation we recorded at the African Studies Association annual meeting, we talk about campaigns to end gender-based violence, writing both academic research and fiction, the ethics of research in African politics, and more. During that chat, we talk about what she found when researching her newly published book, Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa and we talk about her forthcoming debut novel, His Only Wife, which listeners can order now.

As a content note to our listeners, our conversation touches on Peace’s research, which includes women’s reporting of sexual violence and rape to the police. 

Books, Links, & Articles

• Global Norms and Local Action: The Campaigns to End Violence against Women in Africa by Peace Medie  
• His Only Wife by Peace Medie 
• Academic Freedom in Africa edited by Mahmood Mamdani  
• “Playing Tight And Loose.” by The Hidden Brain NPR podcast 
• “How can African governments persuade citizens to follow coronavirus guidelines?” Analysis by Allison Namias Grossman
• “Covid stops many migrants sending money home.” by The Economist Staff
• “Africa in the news: COVID-19 impacts African economies and daily lives; clashes in the Sahel.” Dhruv Gandhi, Anna Schaeffer, and Payce Madden
• “Africa needs debt relief to fight COVID-19.” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Tidjane Thiam, Donald Kaberuka, Vera Songwe, Strive Masiyiwa, Louise Mushikiwabo, and Cristina Duarte
• “The Coronavirus’s Impact Throughout Africa, With Michelle D. Gavin.” by The President’s Inbox Podcast 
• “Overseas.” by Peace Medie
• “Transition.” by Peace Medie  
• “Power, knowledge and the politics of gender in the Global South.” by Dr Peace Medie and Alice J. Kang
• My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Previous Episodes We Mentioned

• Ep. 34: A conversation with Judd Devermont on Nigeria’s civil war and how analysis can go wrong
• Ep. 20: A conversation with Dr. Adia Benton on global health, Ebola as a ‘charismatic disease,’ and more
• Ep. 24: Dr. Zachariah Mampilly raises some important questions about studying African Politics in the West