Happy New Year! We are back with our first episode of 2021, and a conversation between our co-hosts Kim and Rachel. On our minds from 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, many of the elections held in the past year, and as always, we share what we are reading and the scholars and perspectives we’re watching.
Listen to the episode below!
Books from the Episode
Authoritarian Origins of Democratic Party Systems in Africa by Rachel Beatty Riedl
From Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa by Gwyneth H. McClendon and Rachel Beatty Riedl
Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change by Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly
Political Protest in Contemporary Africa by Lisa Mueller
Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Questions by Mustapha K. Pasha, Meera Sabaratnam and Robbie Shilliam
Decolonising Intervention: International Statebuilding in Mozambique by Meera Sabaratnam
Politics of African Anticolonial Archive edited by Shiera S. El-Malik and Isaac A. Kamola
HIV Exceptionalism: Development through Disease in Sierra Leone by Adia Benton
Other Links and Articles
“Uganda: The Unsurprising Pre-election Violence by Security Forces” by Sylvie Namwase
“Soldiers and Police Are on the Streets as Ugandans Prepare to Vote” by Travis Curtice
“The Political Backlash of Repressive Policing” by Travis Curtice
“Street-level Repression: Protest, Policing, and Dissent in Uganda” by Travis B. Curtice and Brandon Behlendorf
“How Repression Affects Public Perceptions of Police: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Uganda” by Travis Curtice
“Bobi Wine and the Making of a President” by Into Africa
“Music Is the Weapon of the People” by Into Africa
“Malawians Elected a New President in Tuesday’s Historic Election” by Kim Yi Dionne and Boniface Dulani
“COVID-19 Kills Two Malawi Cabinet Ministers” by Frank Phiri
“COVID-19 Kills Two Malawian Cabinet Members; President Declares State of National Disaster” by Lameck Masina
“The Puzzle of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa” by Justin M. Maeda and John N. Nkengason
“Africans Don’t Just Live to Die. A Response to the New York Times.” by Mamka Anyona
“A Continent Where the Dead Are Not Counted” by Ruth Maclean
“How Colonialism and Austerity Are Shaping Africa’s Response to the Coronavirus: An Interview with Simukai Chigudu” by Sa’eed Husaini
“Back Home from South Africa, Malawian Migrant Workers Riot in Quarantine” by Lameck Masina
“Top Stories of the Year 2020” by This Week in Africa
Previous Episodes We Mentioned
Ep. 29: A conversation with Professor Landry Signé on development in Africa
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